quotes of day Saturday, July 18, 2026

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“Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.”

“The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent.”

“Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.”

“This is the chief thing: be not perturbed, for all things are according to the nature of the universal.”

“The risk for me would be in not taking one - that's the only thing that's really risky for me.”

“I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don't edit myself out of existence, meaning I'll try to write 50 or 60 pages before I start rereading, revising and editing. That just helps with my confidence.”

“One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up.”

“The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous.”

“I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real”

“I believe that it is a great mistake not to stand up for people, even when you differ with them, if you feel that they are trying to do things that will help our country.”

“We have to have better intelligence. We have to have better interdiction capabilities. And so the issue is not how much we spend or how hard we try; the issue is are we doing it the right way? Are we being smart about it?”

“Each person tries to hold himself hss and lay the blame upon somebody or something else, or even on bad luck.”

“Telling me to relax or smile when I'm angry is like bringing a birthday cake into an ape sanctuary. You're just asking to get your nose and genitals bitten off.”

“The idea of having a steady job is appealing.”

“General consultant to mankind.”