“The weirdest thing about weird people is how normal they are.”
– Louis Theroux
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Category Archives: Curiosity
Absolutely Relative Absolute Truth
Dimitri: So, Tasso, you seem to be one of those guys who thinks there is no absolute truth, that all truth is relative.
Tasso: Right.
Dimitri: Are you sure of that?
Tasso: Absolutely.
– Cathcart. T., Klein. D. 2007. Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar New York, United States: Penguin p. 179
On Curing Boredom
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
– Ellen Parr
On Seizing the Moment
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the Titanic who waved off the dessert cart.”
– Erma Bombeck
On Classic Literature
“A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.”
– Mark Twain
On Transparent Walls
“Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals the way we do.”
– Michael Pollan
On Questions and Answers
‘Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself.’
– sign in The Prisoner (1967)
On Enjoyment from Understanding
“Understanding the world leads to a greater ability to enjoy the world.”
– Hank Green
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