from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“The only thing we have power over in the universe is our own thoughts.”
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“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance”
David Dunning/ Justin Kruger on the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
from the article ‘Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One’s Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments’
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet.” Zadie Smith, writer
“Nothing is more human than a book.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Nothing is more human than a book.”
—Marilynne Robinson, writer
“All bullies are largely the same. They threaten the weak to feed some insecurity that rages inside them.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“All bullies are largely the same. They threaten the weak to feed some insecurity that rages inside them.”
James Comey, author, book quote from A Higher Loyalty
“Only the mediocre are always at their best.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“What’s in a book is not what an author thought he put into it, it’s what the reader gets out of it.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“What’s in a book is not what an author thought he put into it, it’s what the reader gets out of it.”
― William Golding, book quote from Lord of the Flies
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author, writer, poet, journalist
“The secret of life is in art.”
from Douglas Moore’s Art of Quotation
Leonard Durso 