#human intellect

“So if you wanna wish upon a star, most people are actually wishing on planets. That must be why the wishes don’t come true.”

“Don’t you sometimes feel sad about breaking these myths apart?”

“No! Because I think myths deserve to be broken apart out of respect for the human intellect.”

But what can I do? ~ Jeff Grant

Reblogged from besonian:

There is at this time – not surprisingly – in the blogosphere, in the newspapers, the TV and radio news, a whole lot of talk about fear on the one hand, and on the other – hope.

The hope is that out of this pandemic there may spring, among us – the peoples of the world and our leaders – a new spirit of genuine international understanding and cooperation. It can hardly be…

13/15 February 1945 ~ Jeff Grant

Reblogged from besonian:

The other day, I listened to an interview,recorded very recently, with a British man, now over 100 years old – a prisoner of war I suspect – who was caught up in the bombing of the German city of Dresden by British and American air forces, 75 years ago. He came across as a very ordinary man, honest and straightforward, probably with little education beyond the elementary…