Jefferson Machamer quotes

“Married life teaches one invaluable lesson: to think of things far enough ahead not to say them.”
-- Jefferson Machamer

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“Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.”

“If you want to read about love and marriage, you've got to buy two separate books.”

“There are few who would not rather be taken in adultery than in provocation.”

“Think it over, think it under.”

“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.”

“My goal has been to encourage jointness, to push people to think of affiliations rather than to operate as solo entrepreneurs.”

“The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?”

Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.

“I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.”

“One recipe for happiness is to have to sense of entitlement.' To this she added a star and noted at the bottom of the page: 'This is not a lesson I have ever been in a position to learn.”

“In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down.”

Source : "'Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness' by Alexandra Fuller". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. September 19, 2011.