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  1. A quotation from Twain

    Custom is custom; it is built of brass, boiler iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84429/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #argument #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicmorals #publicopinion #punishment #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition

  2. A quotation from Twain

    Custom is custom; it is built of brass, boiler iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84429/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #argument #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicmorals #publicopinion #punishment #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition

  3. A quotation from Twain

    Custom is custom; it is built of brass, boiler iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84429/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #argument #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicmorals #publicopinion #punishment #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition

  4. A quotation from Twain

    Custom is custom; it is built of brass, boiler iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84429/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #argument #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicmorals #publicopinion #punishment #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition

  5. A quotation from Twain

    Custom is custom; it is built of brass, boiler iron, granite; facts, reasonings, arguments have no more effect upon it than the idle winds have upon Gibraltar.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84429/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #argument #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicmorals #publicopinion #punishment #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition

  6. A quotation from Orwell

    When one considers how things have gone since 1930 or thereabouts, it is not easy to believe in the survival of civilization. I do not argue from this that the only thing to do is to adjure practical politics, retire to some remote place and concentrate either on individual salvation or on building up self-supporting communities against the day when the atom bombs have done their work. I think one must continue the political struggle, just as a doctor must try to save the life of a patient who is probably going to die. But I do suggest that we shall get nowhere unless we start by recognizing that political behaviour is largely non-rational, that the world is suffering from some kind of mental disease which must be diagnosed before it can be cured.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1946-11-29), “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/49725/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #civilization #humancondition #irrationality #madness #persistence #politics #struggle #surrender #rootcause

  7. A quotation from Orwell

    When one considers how things have gone since 1930 or thereabouts, it is not easy to believe in the survival of civilization. I do not argue from this that the only thing to do is to adjure practical politics, retire to some remote place and concentrate either on individual salvation or on building up self-supporting communities against the day when the atom bombs have done their work. I think one must continue the political struggle, just as a doctor must try to save the life of a patient who is probably going to die. But I do suggest that we shall get nowhere unless we start by recognizing that political behaviour is largely non-rational, that the world is suffering from some kind of mental disease which must be diagnosed before it can be cured.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1946-11-29), “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/49725/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #civilization #humancondition #irrationality #madness #persistence #politics #struggle #surrender #rootcause

  8. A quotation from Orwell

    When one considers how things have gone since 1930 or thereabouts, it is not easy to believe in the survival of civilization. I do not argue from this that the only thing to do is to adjure practical politics, retire to some remote place and concentrate either on individual salvation or on building up self-supporting communities against the day when the atom bombs have done their work. I think one must continue the political struggle, just as a doctor must try to save the life of a patient who is probably going to die. But I do suggest that we shall get nowhere unless we start by recognizing that political behaviour is largely non-rational, that the world is suffering from some kind of mental disease which must be diagnosed before it can be cured.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1946-11-29), “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/49725/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #civilization #humancondition #irrationality #madness #persistence #politics #struggle #surrender #rootcause

  9. A quotation from Orwell

    When one considers how things have gone since 1930 or thereabouts, it is not easy to believe in the survival of civilization. I do not argue from this that the only thing to do is to adjure practical politics, retire to some remote place and concentrate either on individual salvation or on building up self-supporting communities against the day when the atom bombs have done their work. I think one must continue the political struggle, just as a doctor must try to save the life of a patient who is probably going to die. But I do suggest that we shall get nowhere unless we start by recognizing that political behaviour is largely non-rational, that the world is suffering from some kind of mental disease which must be diagnosed before it can be cured.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1946-11-29), “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/49725/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #civilization #humancondition #irrationality #madness #persistence #politics #struggle #surrender #rootcause

  10. A quotation from Orwell

    When one considers how things have gone since 1930 or thereabouts, it is not easy to believe in the survival of civilization. I do not argue from this that the only thing to do is to adjure practical politics, retire to some remote place and concentrate either on individual salvation or on building up self-supporting communities against the day when the atom bombs have done their work. I think one must continue the political struggle, just as a doctor must try to save the life of a patient who is probably going to die. But I do suggest that we shall get nowhere unless we start by recognizing that political behaviour is largely non-rational, that the world is suffering from some kind of mental disease which must be diagnosed before it can be cured.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1946-11-29), “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper

    More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/49725/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #civilization #humancondition #irrationality #madness #persistence #politics #struggle #surrender #rootcause

  11. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    The dogmas of the past no longer reach the level of the highest thought, nor satisfy the hunger of the heart. While dusty faiths, embalmed and sepulchered in ancient texts, remain the same, the sympathies of men enlarge; the brain no longer kills its young; the happy lips give liberty to honest thoughts; the mental firmament expands and lifts; the broken clouds drift by; the hideous dreams, the foul, misshapen children of the monstrous night, dissolve and fade.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 3, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #belief #clarity #dogma #edification #faith #folklore #history #illumination #irrationality #modernity #myth #past #progress #religion #superstition #tradition #understanding

  12. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    The dogmas of the past no longer reach the level of the highest thought, nor satisfy the hunger of the heart. While dusty faiths, embalmed and sepulchered in ancient texts, remain the same, the sympathies of men enlarge; the brain no longer kills its young; the happy lips give liberty to honest thoughts; the mental firmament expands and lifts; the broken clouds drift by; the hideous dreams, the foul, misshapen children of the monstrous night, dissolve and fade.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 3, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #belief #clarity #dogma #edification #faith #folklore #history #illumination #irrationality #modernity #myth #past #progress #religion #superstition #tradition #understanding

  13. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    The dogmas of the past no longer reach the level of the highest thought, nor satisfy the hunger of the heart. While dusty faiths, embalmed and sepulchered in ancient texts, remain the same, the sympathies of men enlarge; the brain no longer kills its young; the happy lips give liberty to honest thoughts; the mental firmament expands and lifts; the broken clouds drift by; the hideous dreams, the foul, misshapen children of the monstrous night, dissolve and fade.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 3, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #belief #clarity #dogma #edification #faith #folklore #history #illumination #irrationality #modernity #myth #past #progress #religion #superstition #tradition #understanding

  14. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    The dogmas of the past no longer reach the level of the highest thought, nor satisfy the hunger of the heart. While dusty faiths, embalmed and sepulchered in ancient texts, remain the same, the sympathies of men enlarge; the brain no longer kills its young; the happy lips give liberty to honest thoughts; the mental firmament expands and lifts; the broken clouds drift by; the hideous dreams, the foul, misshapen children of the monstrous night, dissolve and fade.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 3, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #belief #clarity #dogma #edification #faith #folklore #history #illumination #irrationality #modernity #myth #past #progress #religion #superstition #tradition #understanding

  15. A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

    The dogmas of the past no longer reach the level of the highest thought, nor satisfy the hunger of the heart. While dusty faiths, embalmed and sepulchered in ancient texts, remain the same, the sympathies of men enlarge; the brain no longer kills its young; the happy lips give liberty to honest thoughts; the mental firmament expands and lifts; the broken clouds drift by; the hideous dreams, the foul, misshapen children of the monstrous night, dissolve and fade.

    Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
    Essay (1881-08) “The Christian Religion,” “Is All of the Bible Inspired?” ch. 3, North American Review, Vol. 133, No. 297

    More about this quote: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #belief #clarity #dogma #edification #faith #folklore #history #illumination #irrationality #modernity #myth #past #progress #religion #superstition #tradition #understanding

  16. A quotation from Mark Twain

    Laws are coldly reasoned out and established upon what the lawmakers believe to be a basis of right. But customs are not. Customs are not enacted, they grow gradually up, imperceptibly and unconsciously, like an oak from its seed. In the fullness of their strength they can stand up straight in front of a world of argument and reasoning and yield not an inch.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84113/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicopinion #publicpolicy #punishment #rationality #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression

  17. A quotation from Mark Twain

    Laws are coldly reasoned out and established upon what the lawmakers believe to be a basis of right. But customs are not. Customs are not enacted, they grow gradually up, imperceptibly and unconsciously, like an oak from its seed. In the fullness of their strength they can stand up straight in front of a world of argument and reasoning and yield not an inch.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84113/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicopinion #publicpolicy #punishment #rationality #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression

  18. A quotation from Mark Twain

    Laws are coldly reasoned out and established upon what the lawmakers believe to be a basis of right. But customs are not. Customs are not enacted, they grow gradually up, imperceptibly and unconsciously, like an oak from its seed. In the fullness of their strength they can stand up straight in front of a world of argument and reasoning and yield not an inch.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84113/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicopinion #publicpolicy #punishment #rationality #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression

  19. A quotation from Mark Twain

    Laws are coldly reasoned out and established upon what the lawmakers believe to be a basis of right. But customs are not. Customs are not enacted, they grow gradually up, imperceptibly and unconsciously, like an oak from its seed. In the fullness of their strength they can stand up straight in front of a world of argument and reasoning and yield not an inch.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84113/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicopinion #publicpolicy #punishment #rationality #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression

  20. A quotation from Mark Twain

    Laws are coldly reasoned out and established upon what the lawmakers believe to be a basis of right. But customs are not. Customs are not enacted, they grow gradually up, imperceptibly and unconsciously, like an oak from its seed. In the fullness of their strength they can stand up straight in front of a world of argument and reasoning and yield not an inch.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Essay (1906), “The Gorky Incident,” Letters from the Earth (c. 1909; pub. 1962) [ed. DeVoto (1939)]

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84113/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #twain #thegorkyincident #custom #irrationality #law #morality #penalty #publicopinion #publicpolicy #punishment #rationality #scandal #socialconventions #taboo #tradition #transgression

  21. #ICE, carrying out the policies of Donald Trump, caused this nightmare:
    "Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez returned to the U.S. this week after being wrongfully deported. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Estrada Juárez and her daughter, Damaris Bello, about their experience":
    npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-57704
    #racism #brutality #irrationality

  22. #ICE, carrying out the policies of Donald Trump, caused this nightmare:
    "Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez returned to the U.S. this week after being wrongfully deported. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Estrada Juárez and her daughter, Damaris Bello, about their experience":
    npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-57704
    #racism #brutality #irrationality

  23. #ICE, carrying out the policies of Donald Trump, caused this nightmare:
    "Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez returned to the U.S. this week after being wrongfully deported. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Estrada Juárez and her daughter, Damaris Bello, about their experience":
    npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-57704
    #racism #brutality #irrationality

  24. #ICE, carrying out the policies of Donald Trump, caused this nightmare:
    "Maria de Jesús Estrada Juárez returned to the U.S. this week after being wrongfully deported. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Estrada Juárez and her daughter, Damaris Bello, about their experience":
    npr.org/2026/04/04/nx-s1-57704
    #racism #brutality #irrationality

  25. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Much of man’s thinking is propaganda of his appetites.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82357/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #appetite #desire #emotion #irrationality #passion #propaganda #selfdeception #selfdelusion #thinking #thought

  26. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Much of man’s thinking is propaganda of his appetites.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82357/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #appetite #desire #emotion #irrationality #passion #propaganda #selfdeception #selfdelusion #thinking #thought

  27. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Much of man’s thinking is propaganda of his appetites.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82357/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #appetite #desire #emotion #irrationality #passion #propaganda #selfdeception #selfdelusion #thinking #thought

  28. A quotation from Eric Hoffer

    Much of man’s thinking is propaganda of his appetites.

    Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
    Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 261 (1955)

    More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/82357/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #appetite #desire #emotion #irrationality #passion #propaganda #selfdeception #selfdelusion #thinking #thought

  29. Attorney General Pam Bondi is not a good source for information,
    as we can see in this #PoliticalCartoon by Rick McKee.
    #politics #media #irrationality

  30. Attorney General Pam Bondi is not a good source for information,
    as we can see in this #PoliticalCartoon by Rick McKee.
    #politics #media #irrationality

  31. Attorney General Pam Bondi is not a good source for information,
    as we can see in this #PoliticalCartoon by Rick McKee.
    #politics #media #irrationality

  32. Attorney General Pam Bondi is not a good source for information,
    as we can see in this #PoliticalCartoon by Rick McKee.
    #politics #media #irrationality

  33. A quotation from W. H. Auden

    Those who will not reason
    Perish in the act:
    Those who will not act
    Perish for that reason.

    W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
    “Shorts,” No. 7 (c. 1930), Collected Poems, Part 2 “1927-1932” (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson]

    More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/26031/


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #whauden #auden #action #danger #deed #hesitation #hesitancy #inaction #indecision #irrationality #paralysis #passive #reason #reflex #thoughtlessness #unreason #whimsy

  34. A quotation from W. H. Auden

    Those who will not reason
    Perish in the act:
    Those who will not act
    Perish for that reason.

    W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
    “Shorts,” No. 7 (c. 1930), Collected Poems, Part 2 “1927-1932” (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson]

    More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/26031/


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #whauden #auden #action #danger #deed #hesitation #hesitancy #inaction #indecision #irrationality #paralysis #passive #reason #reflex #thoughtlessness #unreason #whimsy

  35. A quotation from W. H. Auden

    Those who will not reason
    Perish in the act:
    Those who will not act
    Perish for that reason.

    W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
    “Shorts,” No. 7 (c. 1930), Collected Poems, Part 2 “1927-1932” (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson]

    More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/26031/


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #whauden #auden #action #danger #deed #hesitation #hesitancy #inaction #indecision #irrationality #paralysis #passive #reason #reflex #thoughtlessness #unreason #whimsy

  36. A quotation from W. H. Auden

    Those who will not reason
    Perish in the act:
    Those who will not act
    Perish for that reason.

    W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
    “Shorts,” No. 7 (c. 1930), Collected Poems, Part 2 “1927-1932” (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson]

    More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/26031/


    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #whauden #auden #action #danger #deed #hesitation #hesitancy #inaction #indecision #irrationality #paralysis #passive #reason #reflex #thoughtlessness #unreason #whimsy

  37. BREAKING:

    Our Anglesey reporter says retired folk are making it in their droves to take advantage of the Tuesday 10% off deal at Iceland stores, despite Storm Bram HAMMERING north Wales!

    Thank the Lord for the generation wot didn't fight two world wars!

    #bram #stormbram #weather #irrationality #catastrophism

  38. BREAKING:

    Our Anglesey reporter says retired folk are making it in their droves to take advantage of the Tuesday 10% off deal at Iceland stores, despite Storm Bram HAMMERING north Wales!

    Thank the Lord for the generation wot didn't fight two world wars!

    #bram #stormbram #weather #irrationality #catastrophism

  39. BREAKING:

    Our Anglesey reporter says retired folk are making it in their droves to take advantage of the Tuesday 10% off deal at Iceland stores, despite Storm Bram HAMMERING north Wales!

    Thank the Lord for the generation wot didn't fight two world wars!

    #bram #stormbram #weather #irrationality #catastrophism

  40. BREAKING:

    Our Anglesey reporter says retired folk are making it in their droves to take advantage of the Tuesday 10% off deal at Iceland stores, despite Storm Bram HAMMERING north Wales!

    Thank the Lord for the generation wot didn't fight two world wars!

    #bram #stormbram #weather #irrationality #catastrophism

  41. #Alphabet CEO #SundarPichai warns of “#irrationality” in the current #AIinvestment boom, likening it to the dotcom bubble. While acknowledging the potential for a market correction, he believes #AI will be a #profoundtechnology, impacting #jobs and requiring #societaladaptation. bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7vrd8