Scott Spencer Quotes

I surely don't think ignorance is bliss. But like everything else that has survived thousands of years of human evolution, ignorance - like denial, self-delusion, and magical thinking - seems to have its uses.

Scott Spencer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 1, 1945

Topics

IgnoranceThinkThinkingEvolution

I grew up twelve miles outside of Montego Bay. In my early teens, I went to Kingston. It was like a different planet for me. In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel.

Jimmy Cliff

PeopleCityMeColdEarlyCountry

Paris Hilton, that's very interesting what she did. I've never done that. I haven't really sort of ever got into that. As time passes, maybe I should record it and put it in a vault so that when I get a little old don't have the energy I can remember how life used to be.

Jeremy Irons

LifeTimeEnergyInterestingI Can

I know what it's like to be an outcast in society. I know what it's like to want to find strength, and more importantly, I know what it's like to find that internal strength and rise out of the pain of being just sort of a weirdo.

Andy Biersack

StrengthPainSocietyFindRiseOut

It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.

Anatole France

CreditPoorVirtuePayCashBecause

I need, sometimes, individuals to spark an idea so that I can take off running.

Meek Mill

SparkI CanSometimesNeedTakeOff

States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states.

Jeb Bush

FreeStandardsIndividualOwnCore

When you're young, it's hard not to get together with your costar.

Amanda Seyfried

TogetherGet TogetherYouYoungHard

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.

Tom Stoppard

AttitudeHealthWaitHealthyOthers

Growing up Catholic has been a gift.

Moira Kelly

Growing UpGiftGrowingUpBeen

A journal is your completely unaltered voice - it's just for you. And if you know that voice, and you like it, you can bring it out to everyone else, and that's the most honest and vulnerable thing you can do.

Lucy Dacus

VoiceYouKnowJournalEveryoneOut

'Cat?' 'Cat' can be anybody from the guy in the gutter to a lawyer, doctor, the biggest man to the lowest man, but if he's in there with a good heart and enjoy the same music together, he's a cat.

Louis Armstrong

GoodMusicHeartTogetherManEnjoy

I don't do issue writing. I do character writing.

Judy Blume

CharacterWritingIssue

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