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Capt. Jacques-Yves Cousteau has gone to the Silent World this Wednesday, June 25, 1997
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Man has made use of his intelligence, he invented stupidity.
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No man can discover his own talents.
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The man who never makes a mistake always takes orders from one who does. No man or woman who tries t...
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It was an accident that has endowed man with intelligence. He has made use of it: he invented stupid...
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He who is different from me does not impoverish me - he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in som...
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He who is different from me does not impoverish me - he enriches me. Our unity is constituted in som...
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY
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SAMUEL JOHNSON
No sooner does an American president take his oath of office than the speculation begins: Will he be...
GORE VIDAL
When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to inv...
XUN KUANG
The Jacques Cousteau shows actually got me very excited about the fact that there's an alien wor...
JAMES CAMERON
The vanity of intelligence is that the intelligent man is often more committed to 'one-upping' his o...
CRISS JAMI
Stupidity is far more fascinating than intelligence, after all intelligence has it's limits.
ANONYMOUS
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
UNKNOWN
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about ...
HENRY BROOKS ADAMS
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it...
HENRY ADAMS
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it...
HENRY BROOKS ADAMS
Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power or the power of God.
ARNOLD J. TOYNBEE
His reserve of disdain appears endless. He could no sooner shut it off than a vampire could forgo hi...
R. Z. SHEPPARD
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does n...
PEARL S. BUCK
The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does n...
PEARL BUCK
The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does no...
GEORGE HERBERT MEAD
Smartass Disciple: Does stupidity a sin?
Master of Stupidity: No stupidity, no sin.
TOBA BETA
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THOMAS KEMPIS
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LAO TZU
Intelligence without wisdom is nothing more than stupidity that looks smart.
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH
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A man who does not respect his own mother is absolutely no good.
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One man is no more than another if he does no more than another
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FREEMAN DYSON
Man becomes man only by his intelligence, but he is man only by his heart.
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What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?
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People protect what they love.
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Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
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I am not a scientist. I am, rather, an impresario of scientists.
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Man, of all the animals, is probably the only one to regard himself as a great delicacy.
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LLOYD JONES
No man is more than another unless he does more than another.
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ENRIC SALA
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JUDITH LEWIS HERMAN
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JEAN PAUL RICHTER
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C.S. LEWIS
For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what...
EDWIN A. ROBINSON
For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what...
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON
No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth.
QUINTUS ENNIUS
Smartass Student : 'a man must have his own master.'
Master of Stupidity: 'yea, everyone's some...
TOBA BETA
He who does not make his words rather serve to conceal than discover the sense of his heart deserve...
SAMUEL BUTLER (1)
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
JOHN CALVIN
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence
JOHN CALVIN
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
MARK TWAIN
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
RAOUL VANEIGEM
Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
RAOUL VANEIGEM
No man or woman who tries to pursue an ideal in his or her won way is without enemies.
DAISY BATES
He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD
Bear in mind, Sancho, that one man is no more than another, unless he does more than another.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
In the United States, man does not feel that he has been torn from the center of creation and suspen...
OCTAVIO PAZ
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the i...
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
For my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the de...
LORD CHESTERFIELD
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The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled o...
THEODOR ADORNO
A wise man does his own work.
TURKISH PROVERB
Intelligence minus purpose equals stupidity.
TOBA BETA
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CHUCK TODD
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Targeting women is key in developing countries. It allows them to go to school, to say how many chil...
PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR.
I love snowboarding. It's probably my favorite sport. I love sitting on top of the mountain and ...
PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR.
One of my big pet peeves is single-use plastic bags. I think it's one of the stupidest ideas in ...
PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR.
Some parts of our oceans, like the rich and mysterious recesses of our Atlantic submarine canyons an...
PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR.
Science is cool! But it's easy for that to get lost in textbooks sometimes.
PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, JR.
Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
YVES SAINT LAURENT
We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
I'm so secluded. Very alone.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, t...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a wo...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Dressing is a way of life.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, t...
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
A good model can advance fashion by ten years.
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Fashions fade, but style is eternal.
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
I adore America. It's an extraordinary country. A new country.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
The meditative mind sees disagreeable or agreeable things with equanimity, patience, and good-will. ...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
Sometimes we must undergo hardships, breakups, and narcissistic wounds, which shatter the flattering...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
To be grounded in an attitude of compassion is to be capable of receiving and welcoming the sufferin...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
I knew the youthfulness of the sixties: Talitha and Paul Getty lying on a starlit terrace in Marrake...
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
[*Haute couture implies precision in lines] Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generat...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
If you are a Buddhist, inspire yourself by thinking of the bodhisattva. If you are a Christian, thin...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
[W]e need not become fixated upon our own suffering, whatever its origin. We offer it up, thus parti...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
What is the real origin of my own anger? Is it the ego defending its territory, or is it something t...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
It [speaking with words that bring about harmony] consists of speaking of what is good about people,...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
I love bows, ... And I feel some couture pots coming on.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
A designer who is not also a couturier, who hasn't learned the most refined mysteries of physically ...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
YVES SAINT LAURENT
I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure ...
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Fashion fades. Style is eternal.
YVES SAINT LAURENT
Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any mo...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
The compassionate person does not require other people to be stupid, in order to be intelligent. The...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
In certain situations, manifesting anger is the right attitude; in others it is not the right thing ...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
Sometimes the best answer to a question is another question. Is it not by asking questions that we s...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP
Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?
YVES SAINT-LAURENT
Do not believe anything merely because you are told it is so, because others believe it, because it ...
JEAN-YVES LELOUP