Shawshank Redemption Quote
“Get busy living, or get busy dying.” –Andy in The Shawshank Redemption, based on a story by Stephen King (“Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”)
Quotes
Shawshank Redemption Quote
“[T]here are places in this world that aren’t made out of stone. That there’s something inside… that they can’t get to, that they can’t touch. …
A Poetic Quote About Independent Thought
Beautiful: Mr. Lincoln was a peculiar man, having a peculiar mind; he was gifted with a peculiarity, namely, a new look-out on nature. Everything had …
Be Wise, Not Hasty
“My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well, upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an …
Be Authors of Life, Not Destruction
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. …
A Biologist On Emotion
“What is emotion? It is the modification of neural activity that animates and focuses mental activity. It is created by physiological activity that selects certain …
Mind and Body are United (Plato Was Wrong)
In Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, E.O. Wilson writes: Without the stimulus and guidance of emotion, rational thought slows and disintegrates. The rational mind does …
Think: It Matters
“Lose that reason, suspend that criticality, become gullible, accept anything that custom serves up, and you enter the life of a puppet on a string.” …
Philosophy Is Fundamental
“Philosophy takes a systematic and critical perspective on all of the assumptions and claims that we, in the other compartments of human endeavor, accept.” — …
We Are Specialized Generalists
“I dove into work showing that highly credentialed experts can become so narrow-minded that they actually get worse with experience, even while becoming more confident.” …