“We have been educated to such a fine / or dull / point that we are incapable of enjoying something new, something different, until we are first told what it's all about. We don't trust our five senses; we rely on our critics and educators, all of whom are failures in the realm of creation. In short, the blind lead the blind. It's the democratic way.”
Henry Miller
“Those who are incapable of committing great crimes do not readily suspect them in others.”
François de la Rochefoucauld
“What is it that escapes the observation of poets? What is that act women are incapable of doing? What will drunken people not prate? What will not a crow eat?”
Chanakya
“The slaving poor are incapable of any principles”
David Hume
“It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.”
Walter Benjamin
“I think I am becoming incapable of being too surprised. But it just makes me sad and sick.”
John McCain
“Left-wingers are incapable of conspiring because they are all egomaniacs.”
Norman Mailer
