Words & Letters
“People love to say, “Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.” What they don’t say is, “And it would be nice if you gave him a fishing rod.” That’s the part of the analogy that’s missing.” ― Trevor Noah, ‘Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood’
“The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give.” ― Philip K. Dick
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.” ― Socrates
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”―Arthur C. Clarke
“I like John Hughes movies” – John Singleton
“If you want to look good in front of thousands then you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.” ― Damian Lillard
“Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.” ― W.E.B. DuBois
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” ― James Baldwin
“I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.”
― Truman Capote
“Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.” ― Robert Frost