A Quote by Craig Ferguson

It's all about the triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.

Craig Ferguson

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About Brute Brute Force Cynicism Force Intellect Over Romance Triumph

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Craig Ferguson
Scottish - Comedian
Born: May 17, 1962

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Oscar Wilde

Do not be proud just because you have brute force, because an animal has brute force too! Either you be proud with your intellect and with your thoughts or be silent and sit down!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

I saw that the kingdom must be interior before it can be exterior, that it is a kingdom of ideas, and not one of brute force; that His rule is over hearts, not over places; that His victories must be inward before they can be outward; that He seeks to control spirits rather than bodies; that no triumph could satisfy Him but a triumph that gains the heart; that in short, where God really reigns, the surrender must be the interior surrender of the convicted free men, and not merely the outward surrender of the conquered slave.

Hannah Whitall Smith

In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.

Mahatma Gandhi

To play safe, I prefer to accept only one type of power: the power of art over trash, the triumph of magic over the brute.

Vladimir Nabokov

We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.

Sadiq Khan

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable.

Oscar Wilde

Triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. Nothing in life can't triumph after that

Kathrine Switzer

I think that citizens should be skeptical of government power. But I fear it's bled over to cynicism. It is something that is getting in the way of reasoned discussion, and I'm very concerned about how to change that trend of cynicism.

James Comey

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

Mark Skousen

The central event of the twentieth century is the overthrow of matter. ...The powers of the mind are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of things.

George Gilder

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.