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To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the processes of society entirely to our liking knowledge which in fact we do not possess is likely to make us do much harm.

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Friedrich August von Hayek
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Category: Knowledge

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
  • 2. The culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.
  • 3. There are few things that we so unwillingly give up even in advanced age as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

2 Amazing

  • 1. One thing that is almost always said to me is I grew up with you. They are meeting me and feel that they actually grew up with me. I was with them during their play hours and thinking hours. I was a part of their childhoods. That's one of the most amazing things.
  • 2. If you want to go to the mall you have to take security. But it's always cool. The kids are amazing.
  • 3. I love Jessica Simpson. I love her voice. She's amazing.

3 Anger

  • 1. Our task of course is to transmute the anger that is affliction into the anger that is determination to bring about change. I think in fact that one could give that as a definition of revolution.
  • 2. Anger if not restrained is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
  • 3. The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Marriage is the most natural state of man and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.
  • 2. Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads hundreds of tiny threads which sew people together through the years.
  • 3. There is no more lovely friendly and charming relationship communion or company than a good marriage.

5 Architecture

  • 1. The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have because when you're talking about building a house you're talking about dreams.
  • 2. It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?
  • 3. My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.
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