What did David Brin mean by: Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear. - David Brin Scientist · USA Copy
+ Beware of assumptions that seem “obvious” in one decade. They may become quaint in the next. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Assumption, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Encouraging, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.’ Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Enlightenment, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ The three basic material rights — continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Pursuit Of Happiness, Rights, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Behavior, Bizarre, Neurosis, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Life is not fair… Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse. Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024January 7, 2024, David Brin, Fool, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. Feraz Zeid, November 1, 2023December 26, 2023, David Brin, Belief, Corruption, Power, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
+ Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? Feraz Zeid, January 4, 2024February 7, 2024, David Brin, Apology, Carpe Diem, Death, 0 - David Brin Scientist · USA
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. - William Morris Designer · England
Hatred is so lasting and stubborn, that reconciliation on a sickbed certainly forebodes death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
The heart that can no longer love passionately must with fury hate. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
