All James Harvey Robinson Quotes
- Each of us is great insofar as we perceive and act on the infinite possibilities which lie undiscovered and unrecognized about us. Act
- Few of us take the pains to study the origin of our cherished convictions. Cherished
- Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do. Argument
- Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers… Actually Paralyze
- Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or… Assume
- We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposes to rob… Anyone
- Rationalizing is the self-exculpation which occurs when we feel ourselves, or our group, accused of misapprehension or error. Accused
- We like to continue to believe what we have been accustomed to accept as true, and the resentment aroused when doubt is cast upon any… Accept
- Speech gave man a unique power to lead a double life, he could say one thing and do another. Double
- We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are. Believe
- Mere lack of success does not discredit a method, for there are many things that determine and perpetuate our sanctified ways of doing things besides… Besides
- Man has long found solace in good talk to offset bad conduct. Bad
- There is nothing else anything like so interesting to ourselves as ourselves. Anything Like
- Our goal, simply stated, is to be the best. Best
- I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts. Censors
- In its amplest meaning History includes every trace and vestige of everything that man has done or thought since first he appeared on the earth. Appeared
- History ... may be regarded as an artificial extension and : broadening of our memories and may be used to overcome the natural bewilderment of… All
- Greatness, in the last analysis, is largely bravery - courage in escaping from old ideas and old standards and respectable ways of doing things. Analysis
- Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a very rare and indispensable thing. Curiosity
- We are incredibly heedless in the formation of our beliefs, but find ourselves filled with an illicit passion for them when anyone proposed to rob… Anyone
- With supreme irony, the war to make the world safe for democracy ended by leaving democracy more unsafe in the world than at any time… Any