Vilhjalmur Stefansson Quotes

#1. The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it which we practice.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#2. A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#3. Even if somebody disagrees with you, their life is still valuable.

Benjamin Carson

#4. Only poor people are weird. Rich people are eccentric.

Ilona Andrews

#5. When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too. If one is out of touch with oneself, then one cannot touch others.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#6. Cayl replies ... I understand the human reproductive system, Agent Denning; I'm here to capture a killer, not indulge in these intrusive human senses.

Tielle St. Clare

#7. The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#8. Depression thrives in secrecy but shrinks in empathy.

Seth Adam Smith

#9. False modesty is better than none.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#10. The social and racial conflict, which springs from the redistribution ideology, may deepen as economic output is shrinking and transfer 'entitlements cause budget deficits to soar. The U.S. dollar, which has become a mere corollary of government finance, is likely to survive the soaring deficits.

Hans F. Sennholz

#11. A copy of the universe is not what is required of art; one of the damned things is ample.

Rebecca West

#12. Adventure is a sign of incompetence.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#13. The fact is, the truth will come out. The truth will come out when it's time.

Snoop Dogg

#14. There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.

Kenwa Mabuni

#15. My humor is so dirty I could masturbate to it.

Aleksandra Ninkovic

#16. What is the difference between unethical and ethical advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#17. There are two kinds of Arctic problems, the imaginary and the real. Of the two, the imaginary are the most real.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#18. If you want to be successful at being yourself, you're going to have to take a chance on not being like everyone else.

Joyce Meyer

#19. Texas women have an amazing sense of purpose when they lose it. They're the best girls in the world - they're loyal and fun, but when they get mad, they'll try to kill you.

John Cusack

#20. Having an adventure shows that someone is incompetent, that something has gone wrong. An adventure is interesting enough - in retrospect. Especially to the person who didn't have it.

Vilhjalmur Stefansson

#21. All politics are based on the indifference of the majority.

James Reston