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Edmund Burke Quotes

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: irish
Birth: January 12, 1729 - July 9, 1797

Topics

Religion Minds Superstition Feeble

It is very difficult to get up resentment towards persons whom one has never seen.

John Henry Newman

Never Difficult Up Resentment Seen

A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly.

Hope Government Seems Decent Only

If I can introduce someone to something new, as is constantly happening to me, then I am elated.

I Am Me Someone I Can New Something

Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.

Humility Kings Drama Hubris Heroes

All anyone agreed on was that Kurban Said was the pen name of a writer who had probably come from Baku, an oil city in the Caucasus, and that he was either a nationalist poet who was killed in the Gulags or the dilettante son of an oil millionaire or a Viennese cafe-society writer who died after stabbing himself in the foot.

Son City Name Pen Said Oil

I like to say that I practice militant mysticism. I'm really absolutely sure of some things that I don't quite know.

Practice Know Say Things Sure Like

After being in Harry Potter, I believe a bit more in magic than I did before.

Believe Magic I Believe More Being

The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It's courageous.

Society Someone Courageous Only

I punch left-handed.

Punch Left-Handed

I love hard work, energy, feeling involved.

Work Hard Work Love Energy Feeling

When I was a deacon, the ominous signs of the Great Depression began to appear. Tens of thousands lost their jobs. Money was scarce. Families had to do without. Some young people did not ask their mothers, 'What's for dinner?' because they knew all too well that their cupboards held very little.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

Great Depression Money People Dinner

I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

Stress War College You Comfort Out

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