![[T]he more the public is confused, the easier it falls prey to doctrines of pseudo-science which may at some future date recieve the backing of politically powerful groups [...]a renaissance of German quasi-science paralleled the rise of Hitler.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-more-the-public-is-confused-the-easier-it-falls-prey-to-doctrines-of-pseud.jpg)
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I have a mess in my head sometimes, and there's something very satisfying about putting it into words. Certainly it's not something that you're in charge of, necessarily, but writing about it, putting it into your words, can be a very powerful experience. Carrie Fisher
powerful empathy needs
Powerful is our need to be known, really known by ourselves and others, even if only for a moment. Carl Rogers
powerful science feel-good
Science is merely an extremely powerful method of winnowing what's true from what feels good. Carl Sagan
powerful grief acceptance
These are all cases of proved or presumptive baloney. A deception arises, sometimes innocently but collaboratively, sometimes with cynical premeditation. Usually the victim is caught up in a powerful emotion -- wonder, fear, greed, grief. Credulous acceptance of baloney can cost you money; that's what P. T. Barnum meant when he said, 'There's a sucker born every minute.' But it can be much more dangerous than that, and when governments and societies lose the capacity for critical thinking, the results can be catastrophic -- however sympathetic we may be to those who have bought the baloney.
powerful beer eight
So, if people didn’t settle down to take up farming, why then did they embark on this entirely new way of living? We have no idea – or actually, we have lots of ideas, but we don’t know if any of them are right. According to Felipe Fernández-Armesto, at least thirty-eight theories have been put forward to explain why people took to living in communities: that they were driven to it by climatic change, or by a wish to stay near their dead, or by a powerful desire to brew and drink beer, which could only be indulged by staying in one place. Bill Bryson
powerful slave internals
I am the slave of an internal power more powerful than my education. Arnold Schoenberg
powerful farewell saying-farewell
Saying farewell is also a bold and powerful beginning. Aron Ralston
powerful really-powerful urges
I have a really powerful urge to see things work. Bill Budge
powerful men towns
Hardly anyone ever leaves. This is because Des Moines is the most powerful hypnotic known to man. Outside town there is a big sign that says, WELCOME TO DES MOINES. THIS IS WHAT DEATH IS LIKE. There isn't really. I just made that up. But the place does get a grip on you.
confused faith grows learning obligation responsibility rests seek
The responsibility to seek learning by faith rests upon each of us individually, and this obligation will become increasingly important as the world in which we live grows more confused and troubled. David A. Bednar
confused writing simple
Something good happened to my writing when I stopped being afraid to do something simple, for the fear that people might think I couldn't do something more complex. Don't be confused by the word simple. Simple is not easy, it is clear voiced, and fearlessly elegant. Carrie Newcomer
confused gets good tremendous
We just didn't want him to get a good feel of the game. We just wanted to keep him confused because once he gets a rhythm, he's a tremendous player. Darren Sanderlin
confused far proved stupidity successor today
You are far from being the successor to Sharon. You proved today that you are fearful, confused and manipulative. You exhibited stupidity and opacity.
confused maybe missed running
I thought he was maybe just confused and missed the sign. But no, he just started running on his own. Ozzie Guillen
confused book thinking
People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good. Barry Lopez
confused learn ourselves
We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise. Alice Walker
confused people voting
I think people were confused about what they were voting on.
confused continue people today walked whether
I think people walked in confused today as to whether we are going to continue this uptrend through year-end or back off.
falls love unless
No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves. E. W. Howe
falling heard nobody tree
The Pelosi-Durbin announcement was like a tree falling in the forest. Nobody heard it.
fall feeling learned life moment time tried worked
I think that's the thing I learned at 'Saturday Night Live' - any time I would try and strategize, I would always, always fall on my face. Things worked out when I tried to make it about what I was feeling at that moment and what I was into in that moment of my life. Bill Hader
fall cry chin-up
Chin up, don’t smile, don’t cry, don’t fall, walk. Cecelia Ahern
falling-in-love mind fleeing
Moments are precious, sometimes they linger and other times they're fleeing, and yet so much could be done in them; you could change a mind, you could save a life and you could even fall in love.
fall rivers luck
Always a chancer, always lucky, he'd fall into a river and come out dry, with fish in his pockets.
fall body groups
This love thing awakened a group of slumbering senses in my body that I never even knew existed.
falling-in-love heart moon
Don't be afraid to fall in love again. Open your heart and follow where it leads you...and remember, shoot for the moon.
fall tired mirrors
I'm never overwhelmed or under it either; just nicely whelmed. I'm OK. Nothing spectacular but sometimes special. I look in the mirror and see this medium average person. A little tired, a little sad, but not falling apart.