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Paul Brodeur Quotes (1 quote)
 | “I have found little that is "good" about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.” ―Sigmund Freud Source/Notes: Psycho-analysis and faith: the letters of Sigmund Freud & Oskar Pfister (1963 edition) |
 | “It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.” ―Robert Green Ingersoll Source/Notes: The works of Robert G. Ingersoll (1978 edition), Library of Alexandria - ISBN: 9781465521330 |
 | “Absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man's other inventions.” ―William O. Douglas Source/Notes: Dissenting, United States v. Wunderlich, 342 U.S. 98, 101 (1951). |
 | “The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends, Ser Jorah told her. It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace. He gave a shrug. They never are.” ―George R. R. Martin Source/Notes: Daenerys (III)—Ser Jorah Mormont - A Song of Ice and Fire (1996-) |
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Paul Brodeur
Bio: Paul Brodeur is an investigative science writer and author, whose writings have appeared in The New Yorker, where he began as a staff writer in 1958. He lives in Cape Cod. For nearly two decades he researched and wrote about the health hazards of asbestos.
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