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What I want to do is make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously. – William ZinsserRate it:
What I want to fix your attention on is the vast overall movement towards the discrediting, and finally the elimination, of every kind of human excellence -- moral, cultural, social or intellectual. And is it not pretty to notice how 'democracy' (in the incantatory sense) is now doing for us the work that was once done by the most ancient dictatorships, and by the same methods The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.' Children who are fit to proceed may be artificially kept back, because the others would get a trauma by being left behind. The bright pupil thus remains democratically fettered to his own age group throughout his school career, and a boy who would be capable of tackling Aeschylus or Dante sits listening to his coeval's attempts to spell out A CAT SAT ON A MAT. We may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when 'I'm as good as you' has fully had its way. All incentives to learn and all penalties for not learning will vanish. The few who might want to learn will be prevented who are they to overtop their fellows And anyway, the teachers -- or should I say nurses -- will be far too busy reassuring the dunces and patting them on the back to waste any time on real teaching. We shall no longer have to plan and toil to spread imperturbable conceit and incurable ignorance among men. – Clive Staples LewisRate it:
What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless entertainment. – Michael K. HookerRate it:
What I've learned. . . . I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up. – Child Age 13Rate it:
What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. – Woody AllenRate it:
What if I'm not the Hero? What if I'm... the bad guy? – Stephenie MeyerRate it:
What if in REALITY the only great thing in [us] was just the THEORY of maybe loving each other – SguichardoRate it:
What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists – Woody AllenRate it:
What if reincarnation really happens, and Jesus were reincarnated, & you were a total dck to him? It could happen. You should probably treat everyone like they were Jesus reincarnated. – Ingrid Weir*Rate it:
What if the real threat posed to society and democracy is not actually posed by the other side? What if the real danger is posed by political and media elites who try to get us to think that we'd be better off without the other side and who use these divisions for their own personal, financial, political benefit? – Dannagal YoungRate it:
What if there had been room at the inn? – Linda Festa on the origins of ChristianityRate it:
What if this weren't a hypothetical question – UnknownRate it:
What if we pour all our resources into building a smart city, only to realize that we have forgotten to cultivate smart minds? Our obsession with smartphones and mindless entertainment has led us astray, preventing us from truly experiencing the beauty of the world and connecting with others. Let us not trade genuine human connections for a virtual reality, for it is through true smiles and heartfelt encounters that our cities truly come alive. – Yvonne PadmosRate it:
What if we use Einstein's special theory of relativity to freeze time? The reason is simple and precise. The idea of freezing time is to freeze our love; Love always young and charming. – Baba FaizRate it:
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then? – Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRate it:
What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over. – ChateaubriandRate it:
What in fact have I achieved, however much it may seem Bits and pieces trivialities. But here they won't tolerate anything else, or anything more. If I wanted to take one step in advance of the current views and opinions of the day, that would put paid to any power I have. Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society We are society's tools, neither more nor less. – Henrik IbsenRate it:
What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here? – Mel BrooksRate it:
What inflates the heart deflates the soul. – Matshona DhliwayoRate it:
What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it. – Herbert Simon, economistRate it:
What intrigues you about me in the beginning is what you’ll hate about me in the end. – Dennis RuaneRate it:
What is a committee A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. – Richard HarknessRate it:
What is a country without rabbits and partridges They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products ancient and venerable familes known to antiquity as to modern times of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground. – Henry David ThoreauRate it:
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. – Oscar WildeRate it:

What I want to do is make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.

What I want to fix your attention on is the vast overall movement towards the discrediting, and finally the elimination, of every kind of human excellence -- moral, cultural, social or intellectual. And is it not pretty to notice how 'democracy' (in the incantatory sense) is now doing for us the work that was once done by the most ancient dictatorships, and by the same methods The basic proposal of the new education is to be that dunces and idlers must not be made to feel inferior to intelligent and industrious pupils. That would be 'undemocratic.' Children who are fit to proceed may be artificially kept back, because the others would get a trauma by being left behind. The bright pupil thus remains democratically fettered to his own age group throughout his school career, and a boy who would be capable of tackling Aeschylus or Dante sits listening to his coeval's attempts to spell out A CAT SAT ON A MAT. We may reasonably hope for the virtual abolition of education when 'I'm as good as you' has fully had its way. All incentives to learn and all penalties for not learning will vanish. The few who might want to learn will be prevented who are they to overtop their fellows And anyway, the teachers -- or should I say nurses -- will be far too busy reassuring the dunces and patting them on the back to waste any time on real teaching. We shall no longer have to plan and toil to spread imperturbable conceit and incurable ignorance among men.

– Clive Staples LewisRate it:

What I'm concerned about is the people who don't dwell on the meaninglessness of their lives, or the meaningfulness of it-who just pursue mindless entertainment.

– Michael K. HookerRate it:

What I've learned. . . . I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up.

– Child Age 13Rate it:

What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet.

– Woody AllenRate it:

What if I'm not the Hero? What if I'm... the bad guy?

– Stephenie MeyerRate it:

What if in REALITY the only great thing in [us] was just the THEORY of maybe loving each other

– SguichardoRate it:

What if nothing exists and we're all in somebody's dream Or what's worse, what if only that fat guy in the third row exists

– Woody AllenRate it:

What if reincarnation really happens, and Jesus were reincarnated, & you were a total d*ck to him? It could happen. You should probably treat everyone like they were Jesus reincarnated.

– Ingrid WeirRate it:

What if the real threat posed to society and democracy is not actually posed by the other side? What if the real danger is posed by political and media elites who try to get us to think that we'd be better off without the other side and who use these divisions for their own personal, financial, political benefit?

– Dannagal YoungRate it:

What if there had been room at the inn?

– Linda Festa on the origins of ChristianityRate it:

What if this weren't a hypothetical question

– UnknownRate it:

What if we pour all our resources into building a smart city, only to realize that we have forgotten to cultivate smart minds? Our obsession with smartphones and mindless entertainment has led us astray, preventing us from truly experiencing the beauty of the world and connecting with others. Let us not trade genuine human connections for a virtual reality, for it is through true smiles and heartfelt encounters that our cities truly come alive.

– Yvonne PadmosRate it:

What if we use Einstein's special theory of relativity to freeze time? The reason is simple and precise. The idea of freezing time is to freeze our love; Love always young and charming.

– Baba FaizRate it:

What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you dreamed? And what if, in your dream, you went to heaven and plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if, when you awoke, you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?

– Samuel Taylor ColeridgeRate it:

What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over.

– ChateaubriandRate it:

What in fact have I achieved, however much it may seem Bits and pieces trivialities. But here they won't tolerate anything else, or anything more. If I wanted to take one step in advance of the current views and opinions of the day, that would put paid to any power I have. Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society We are society's tools, neither more nor less.

– Henrik IbsenRate it:

What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports is a-goin' on here?

– Mel BrooksRate it:

What inflates the heart deflates the soul.

– Matshona DhliwayoRate it:

What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention and a need to allocate that attention efficiently among the overabundance of information sources that might consume it.

– Herbert Simon, economistRate it:

What intrigues you about me in the beginning is what you’ll hate about me in the end.

– Dennis RuaneRate it:

What is a committee A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary.

– Richard HarknessRate it:

What is a country without rabbits and partridges They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products ancient and venerable familes known to antiquity as to modern times of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.

– Henry David ThoreauRate it:

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

– Oscar WildeRate it:

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