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“Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners’ concept of propriety, much less logic.” — Judith Martin, Miss Manners (01984-08-19)
#QOTD #JudithMartin #Quotation #Bullying #Quote #MissManners
#QOTD #JudithMartin #Quotation #Bullying #Quote #MissManners
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“Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners’ concept of propriety, much less logic.” — Judith Martin, Miss Manners (01984-08-19)
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December 19, 2025 at 3:04 AM
“Whamming someone smaller than oneself in order to teach that person civilized behavior is not within Miss Manners’ concept of propriety, much less logic.” — Judith Martin, Miss Manners (01984-08-19)
#QOTD #JudithMartin #Quotation #Bullying #Quote #MissManners
#QOTD #JudithMartin #Quotation #Bullying #Quote #MissManners
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” — Steve Biko, Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity
#BOTD #SteveBiko #Quotation #Biko #Oppression #Quote
#BOTD #SteveBiko #Quotation #Biko #Oppression #Quote
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“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” — Steve Biko, Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity
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December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” — Steve Biko, Black Consciousness and the Quest for a True Humanity
#BOTD #SteveBiko #Quotation #Biko #Oppression #Quote
#BOTD #SteveBiko #Quotation #Biko #Oppression #Quote
“We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.” — John Irving, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
#QOTD #JohnIrving #Quotation #Priorities #Quote
#QOTD #JohnIrving #Quotation #Priorities #Quote
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“We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.” — John Irving, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
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December 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“We often need to lose sight of our priorities in order to see them.” — John Irving, Trying to Save Piggy Sneed
#QOTD #JohnIrving #Quotation #Priorities #Quote
#QOTD #JohnIrving #Quotation #Priorities #Quote
“Her life expressed itself through a series of deceptions—of symbols: her dislikes, affections, grievances, brandishing every cause but the real one.” — Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel
#QOTD #ThomasWolfe #Quotation #Deception #Quote
#QOTD #ThomasWolfe #Quotation #Deception #Quote
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“Her life expressed itself through a series of deceptions—of symbols: her dislikes, affections, grievances, brandishing every cause but the real one.” — Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel
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December 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“Her life expressed itself through a series of deceptions—of symbols: her dislikes, affections, grievances, brandishing every cause but the real one.” — Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel
#QOTD #ThomasWolfe #Quotation #Deception #Quote
#QOTD #ThomasWolfe #Quotation #Deception #Quote
“Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron filings.” — William Macneile Dixon, The Human Situation
#QOTD #WilliamMacneileDixon #Quote #Desires #Quotation #MotivatedReasoning
#QOTD #WilliamMacneileDixon #Quote #Desires #Quotation #MotivatedReasoning
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“Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron filings.” — William Macneile Dixon, The Human Situation
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December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Our desires attract supporting reasons as a magnet the iron filings.” — William Macneile Dixon, The Human Situation
#QOTD #WilliamMacneileDixon #Quote #Desires #Quotation #MotivatedReasoning
#QOTD #WilliamMacneileDixon #Quote #Desires #Quotation #MotivatedReasoning
“Didn't I once observe that there is nothing new under the sun?” — Joseph Heller, God Knows
#BOTD #JosephHeller #QOTD #New #Quotation #Quote
#BOTD #JosephHeller #QOTD #New #Quotation #Quote
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“Didn't I once observe that there is nothing new under the sun?” — Joseph Heller, God Knows
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December 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Didn't I once observe that there is nothing new under the sun?” — Joseph Heller, God Knows
#BOTD #JosephHeller #QOTD #New #Quotation #Quote
#BOTD #JosephHeller #QOTD #New #Quotation #Quote
“Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
#BOTD #CharlesCalebColton #QOTD #Misfortunes #Quotations #FriendsOpinions #Quote
#BOTD #CharlesCalebColton #QOTD #Misfortunes #Quotations #FriendsOpinions #Quote
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“Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
#BOTD #CharlesCalebColton #QOTD #Misfortunes #Quotations #FriendsOpinions #Quote
#BOTD #CharlesCalebColton #QOTD #Misfortunes #Quotations #FriendsOpinions #Quote
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“Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection (1993)
“Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection (1993)
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“Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection (1993)
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December 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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“Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection (1993)
“Thrift is an attractive idea until you get down to specifics.” — Mason Cooley, City Aphorisms, Twelfth Selection (1993)
“Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.” — Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
#QOTD #JefferyEugenides #Quotation #Language #Quote #Patriarchy
#QOTD #JefferyEugenides #Quotation #Language #Quote #Patriarchy
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“Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.” — Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
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December 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.” — Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
#QOTD #JefferyEugenides #Quotation #Language #Quote #Patriarchy
#QOTD #JefferyEugenides #Quotation #Language #Quote #Patriarchy
“English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.” — Bill Bryson, The Mother Tongue
#BOTD #BillBryson #QOTD #English…
#BOTD #BillBryson #QOTD #English…
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“English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.” — Bill Bryson, The Mother Tongue
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December 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman's apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.” — Bill Bryson, The Mother Tongue
#BOTD #BillBryson #QOTD #English…
#BOTD #BillBryson #QOTD #English…
“Reality is often no more than the enthusiastic answer we give to our dreams and nightmares.” — Richard Flanagan, Question 7
#QOTD #RichardFlanagan #Quote #Reality #Quotation #Dreams #Nightmares
#QOTD #RichardFlanagan #Quote #Reality #Quotation #Dreams #Nightmares
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“Reality is often no more than the enthusiastic answer we give to our dreams and nightmares.” — Richard Flanagan, Question 7
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December 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“Reality is often no more than the enthusiastic answer we give to our dreams and nightmares.” — Richard Flanagan, Question 7
#QOTD #RichardFlanagan #Quote #Reality #Quotation #Dreams #Nightmares
#QOTD #RichardFlanagan #Quote #Reality #Quotation #Dreams #Nightmares
“The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named.” — Gregory Bateson, "Every Schoolboy Knows," Mind and Nature
#QOTD #GregoryBateson #Quotation #MapNotTerritory #Quotes #Names
#QOTD #GregoryBateson #Quotation #MapNotTerritory #Quotes #Names
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“The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named.” — Gregory Bateson, "Every Schoolboy Knows," Mind and Nature
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December 6, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“The map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named.” — Gregory Bateson, "Every Schoolboy Knows," Mind and Nature
#QOTD #GregoryBateson #Quotation #MapNotTerritory #Quotes #Names
#QOTD #GregoryBateson #Quotation #MapNotTerritory #Quotes #Names
“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.” — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
#QOTD #DavidHume…
#QOTD #DavidHume…
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“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.” — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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December 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.” — David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
#QOTD #DavidHume…
#QOTD #DavidHume…
“Can I possibly go back and wrest from my past some remnant of a better beginning? Some start toward a better scene?” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
#QOTD #KenKesey #Quotation #Reboot #Quote #StartOver
#QOTD #KenKesey #Quotation #Reboot #Quote #StartOver
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“Can I possibly go back and wrest from my past some remnant of a better beginning? Some start toward a better scene?” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
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December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Can I possibly go back and wrest from my past some remnant of a better beginning? Some start toward a better scene?” — Ken Kesey, Sometimes a Great Notion
#QOTD #KenKesey #Quotation #Reboot #Quote #StartOver
#QOTD #KenKesey #Quotation #Reboot #Quote #StartOver
“The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry grants to rare events of meanness such power to shape our history.” — Stephen Jay Gould, Eight Little Piggies
#QOTD #StephenJayGould #Quotation #Nastiness #Quote
#QOTD #StephenJayGould #Quotation #Nastiness #Quote
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“The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry grants to rare events of meanness such power to shape our history.” — Stephen Jay Gould, Eight Little Piggies
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December 3, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry grants to rare events of meanness such power to shape our history.” — Stephen Jay Gould, Eight Little Piggies
#QOTD #StephenJayGould #Quotation #Nastiness #Quote
#QOTD #StephenJayGould #Quotation #Nastiness #Quote
“Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong.” — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
#QOTD #OscarWilde #Quote #SelfDoubt #Quotation
#QOTD #OscarWilde #Quote #SelfDoubt #Quotation
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“Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong.” — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
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December 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Whenever people agree with me, I always feel I must be wrong.” — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
#QOTD #OscarWilde #Quote #SelfDoubt #Quotation
#QOTD #OscarWilde #Quote #SelfDoubt #Quotation
“PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
#QOTD #AmbroseBierce #Quotation #Pray #Quote
#QOTD #AmbroseBierce #Quotation #Pray #Quote
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“PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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December 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“PRAY, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
#QOTD #AmbroseBierce #Quotation #Pray #Quote
#QOTD #AmbroseBierce #Quotation #Pray #Quote
“When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.” — Shirley Chisholm , Unbought and Unbossed
#BOTD #ShirleyChisholmn #Quotef="/hashtag/Quotation" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Quotation #Morality #Quot #Profit #QOTD
#BOTD #ShirleyChisholmn #Quotef="/hashtag/Quotation" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#Quotation #Morality #Quot #Profit #QOTD
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“When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.” — Shirley Chisholm , Unbought and Unbossed
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November 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
“I notice that when a man runs his head against a post, he cusses the post first, all creation next, and something else last, and never thinks of cussing himself.” — Josh Billings, Josh Billings’ Trump Kards
#QOTD #JoshBillings #Quotation #Post #Quote #Blame
#QOTD #JoshBillings #Quotation #Post #Quote #Blame
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“I notice that when a man runs his head against a post, he cusses the post first, all creation next, and something else last, and never thinks of cussing himself.” — Josh Billings, Josh Billings’ Trump Kards
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November 29, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“I notice that when a man runs his head against a post, he cusses the post first, all creation next, and something else last, and never thinks of cussing himself.” — Josh Billings, Josh Billings’ Trump Kards
#QOTD #JoshBillings #Quotation #Post #Quote #Blame
#QOTD #JoshBillings #Quotation #Post #Quote #Blame