George Ticknor quotes

“It does not seem to me as if I were living in the country in which I was born.”
-- George Ticknor

Source : George Ticknor (1877). “Life, Letters, and Journals”

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“Communism is the flower of idleness.”
-- George Ticknor

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“We lead the world in only 3 categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now none of this is the fault of 20 year old college student, but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world I don't know what the f^&k you're talking about.”

“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”

“You have no control over what the other guy does. You only have control over what you do.”

“Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.”

“Yeah, I want to be liked, obviously. Everybody does.”

Source : "Milwaukee Talks: QB Aaron Rodgers, May 2008". Interview with Jason Wilde, onmilwaukee.com. May 23, 2008.

“Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.”

“I was born Muslim, my parents are Muslim, I am Bosnian. I cannot be anything else.”

“Doing what you were born to do … That's the way to be happy.”

“I wouldn’t say I’ve become more radical: I was born radical.”

“Technology is anything that wasn't around when you were born.”

Source : "An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay". techland.time.com. April 02, 2013.