Home
My Books
Browse ▾
Recommendations
Choice Awards
Genres
Giveaways
New Releases
Lists
Explore
News & Interviews
Genres
Art
Biography
Business
Children's
Christian
Classics
Comics
Cookbooks
Ebooks
Fantasy
Fiction
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
History
Horror
Memoir
Music
Mystery
Nonfiction
Poetry
Psychology
Romance
Science
Science Fiction
Self Help
Sports
Thriller
Travel
Young Adult
More Genres
Community ▾
Groups
Quotes
Ask the Author
Sign In
Join
Sign up
View profile
Profile
Friends
Groups
Discussions
Comments
Reading Challenge
Kindle Notes & Highlights
Quotes
Favorite genres
Friends’ recommendations
Account settings
Help
Sign out
Home
My Books
Browse ▾
Recommendations
Choice Awards
Genres
Giveaways
New Releases
Lists
Explore
News & Interviews
Genres
Art
Biography
Business
Children's
Christian
Classics
Comics
Cookbooks
Ebooks
Fantasy
Fiction
Graphic Novels
Historical Fiction
History
Horror
Memoir
Music
Mystery
Nonfiction
Poetry
Psychology
Romance
Science
Science Fiction
Self Help
Sports
Thriller
Travel
Young Adult
More Genres
Community ▾
Groups
Quotes
Ask the Author
Audrey
> Audrey's Quotes
Showing 1-5 of 5
sort by
date added
favorite
random
like
#1
“To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock
in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock
from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.”
―
W.S. Gilbert,
The Mikado
tags:
execution
115 likes
like
#2
“When the horrors of anarchy force us to set up laws that forbid us to fight and torture one another for sport, we still snatch at every excuse for declaring individuals outside the protection of law and torturing them to our hearts content.”
―
George Bernard Shaw
12 likes
like
#3
“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. A second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. A first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”
―
A.A. Milne
tags:
independent-thought
,
thinking
518 likes
like
#4
“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
―
Bertrand Russell
tags:
certainty
,
perspective
,
presumption
,
questioning
855 likes
like
#5
“Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat.”
―
Stuart Chase,
Language in Thought and Action
tags:
common-sense
,
misattributed-to-einstein
337 likes
All Quotes
Tags From Audrey’s Quotes
execution
independent-thought
thinking
certainty
perspective
presumption
questioning
common-sense
misattributed-to-einstein
Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account.