Source Unknown Quotes

A collection of quotes by Source Unknown.

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Religion is like holding on to a rock in the middle of a rag

Religion is like holding on to a rock in the middle of a raging river; faith is learning how to swim.

Religion

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fol

The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.

Reputation

Reputations will continue to be made by many acts and be los

Reputations will continue to be made by many acts and be lost by one.

Reputation

It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men th

It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.

Reputation

A good test of a man's religion is its vitality.

A good test of a man's religion is its vitality.

Religion

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.

Reputation

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it --three mi

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it --three minutes; to collect the data in it --all my life.

Research

A close relative is one you see occasionally between family

A close relative is one you see occasionally between family funerals.

Relatives

Man always has two reasons for the things he does; the logic

Man always has two reasons for the things he does; the logical one and the real one.

Reason

If someone offers to furnish a sure test, ask what the test

If someone offers to furnish a sure test, ask what the test was which made the sure test sure.

Reality

Produce great pumpkins, the pies will follow later.

Produce great pumpkins, the pies will follow later.

Quality

An expert knows all the answers -- if you ask the right ques

An expert knows all the answers -- if you ask the right questions.

Questions

He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the

He who knows all the answers has not yet been asked all the questions.

Questions

Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands

Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.

Questions

When someone says, That's a good question. You can be sure i

When someone says, That's a good question. You can be sure it's a lot better than the answer you're going to get.

Questions

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reaso

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

Reason

Quality will be prized as a precious possession.

Quality will be prized as a precious possession.

Quality

When you're out of quality you're out of business.

When you're out of quality you're out of business.

Quality

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anyt

My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.

Fanaticism

The word question is derived from the Latin quarrier (to see

The word question is derived from the Latin quarrier (to seek) which is the same root as the word for quest. A creative life is a continued quest, and good questions can be very useful guides. Most useful are open-ended questions; they allow for fresh unanticipated answers to reveal themselves.

Questions