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Quote with a picture of Thomas Szasz celebrating his 90th birthday in 2010.

“Where there is a will, there is a way, says the proverb. Not entirely true; but it is true that where there is no will, there is no way.” — Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin

Author YahooeyPosted on December 24, 2022December 22, 2022Categories QuotationsTags Thomas Szasz, willLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

“Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.” — Howard Zinn, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train

Author YahooeyPosted on April 25, 2021April 23, 2021Categories QuotationsTags Howard Zinn, pessimism, self-fulfilling, will3 Comments on Quote of the Day

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The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.

“The creative act requires both will and intelligence. Breaking things is easy. You only need a hammer.” — Jack McDevitt, Odyssey

Author YahooeyPosted on September 23, 2017September 11, 2017Categories QuotationsTags breaking things, creation, creative, hammer, intelligence, Jack McDevitt, Odyssey, will1 Comment on Quote of the Day

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The eye— it cannot choose but see; we cannot bid the ear be still; our bodies feel, where'er they be, against or with our will.

“The eye— it cannot choose but see;
we cannot bid the ear be still;
our bodies feel, where’er they be,
against or with our will.” — William Wordsworth, Expostulation and Reply

Author YahooeyPosted on April 7, 2015March 2, 2015Categories QuotationsTags Expostulation and Reply, eye cannot choose but see, will, William WordsworthLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will.

“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire; you will what you imagine; and at last you create what you will.” — George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah

Author YahooeyPosted on December 29, 2014November 24, 2014Categories QuotationsTags Back to Methuselah, creation, desire, George Bernard Shaw, imagination, willLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.

“He that complies against his will is of his own opinion still.” — Samuel Butler, Hudibras

Author YahooeyPosted on March 31, 2011October 27, 2020Categories QuotationsTags Hudibras, opinion, Samuel Butler, willLeave a comment on Quote of the Day

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