Caa Savastano Quotes

Anything worth fighting for requires us to be willing to suffer to protect it.

Their is no more insidious poison than hubris.

The cost of forgetting history is reliving it.

If you truly hate censorship then you will defend anyone that is unfairly censored. Everyone deserves their legal rights, even when they disagree with us. Protecting their rights protects ours.

Those lacking objectivity have no true sense of reality.

Sometimes there are no good guys in a story.

There is a duality to the universe that spins everything and sometimes in people themselves.

Sometimes the simplest questions are the most devastating.

There is no more insidious poison than hubris

Effective communication is the music of humanity.

Human beings are so much more than mere color. If we cannot see beyond superficial differences we do not perceive our endless similarities.

Some only perceive a red and blue pill as if there are two choices. However, they are two halves not choices. Combine them and you can take the purple pill and see all sides.

Censorship is fear and Free Speech is bravery. The end.

Humor and mockery can reveal tyrants, ideologues, and fools, that is why some people hate them so much.

We all can be wrong, some more often than others.

Do not require standards for others you do not yourself obey.

Ideas are similar to rocks; some use them to build and others use them to bash people in the head.

If you think making unlawful demands predicated on unproven beliefs with the threat of violence represents bravery, you are the villain in the story.

Be like the ancient elements in thinking. Like Earth, build upon a foundation of facts. Like Air, be willing to change your ideas if the winds of evidence require it. Like Fire, be unquenched in a desire for learning more. Like Water, both our ideas and the tides can be unstoppable.

Don’t fight for flags, symbols, or politicians, or generals, because they will not fight for you. Instead fight for rights and for decent people, fight for a better future if you must fight.

A just law is crafted with thoughtful communication and factual debate, a corrupt one is forged to limit such things.

The difference between teachers and activist teachers is one is dedicated to offering the ability to think clearly and the other is often committed to destroying that clarity.

The true measure of wealth is not possessions but what riches you leave behind for the world.

I always defer to verifiable evidence and therefore I cannot be a member of a political party.

Wisdom is not judging others by superficial differences but noting the almost endless similarity that all humans share.

We are all humans, some of different cultures. Nothing as superficial as skin color could ever encapsulate our cultures, experiences, or what we each have to offer the world.

Those who believe they cannot be defeated, lack imagination.

Some paint with brushes and others use words.

Anyone that does not approach politics with humor, is not paying much attention to most of the things going on in politics.

Censors are not virtuous but cowards, virtuous people can debate ideas that upset them and not demand opposing thoughts or words be expunged.

Facts are like weapons, be responsible and use them properly or you might hurt yourself and others.

If you will take any means necessary to achieve a goal it is not a just one any longer.

The more emotionally satisfying an idea is the more it should be critically regarded, because we as humans are prone despite contrary facts to believe our desires are true.

A popular idea does not infer a correct one, it just means a lot of people can get something wrong at the same time. Ever hear of witch trials?

The American people should not have their time wasted and should not be misinformed by the press. If they want to lie to us they should go into politics like everyone else does.

Some say the Universe arcs towards justice, I think more often it requires the occasional push.

All strife passes in time.

The problem with imagining you are smarter than everyone else is you always discover you were wrong.

There are largely two types of people who follow divisive politics closely, those who love it and do not understand its nature and those who hate it because they do.

The facts are not always discussed, sometimes they are realized.

Believe evidence, not people.

When a violent murder occurs most people always expect it was a man, most never expect a woman, sometimes if we are not wary, we literally can be a victim of our expectations.

I noticed something peculiar when thinking about freedom. Everyone wants it but less are willing to extend the same freedoms to everyone. Seems inconsistent to me.

Imagine if some did not rely on identity for significance and spent a little time developing a personality instead.

Those who will not fight to protect their rights, deserve to lose them.

It is curious that so many offer loyalty to people they shall never meet but never make allies with many they do.

The true masters of strategy use war sparingly.

We shall persevere because we must.

Remember we are all human and can make mistakes that we should correct. However, no one should ever imagine that other people’s mistakes justify or lessen theirs.

It is never too late to be decent to each other.

Some people forget money and IQ points often do not correlate.

To call others evil is simpler and more emotionally satisfying than dealing with them as equal human beings that just disagree. That is why some do it so often.

Some people are Red voters and some people are Blue voters, but I am a Purple voter because I can see good and bad in the policies of both and vote accordingly.

Perhaps the most important thought any human can have is to remember not everyone else thinks like you, best to be diplomatic if possible.

It is quite the big galaxy, perspective is ever a good thing. It is small compared to the Universe, on of an estimated trillion, more perspective.

There is some greatness in each of us but it cannot fully emerge unless we are tested by adversity.

It can be difficult to find common ground when all some wish to discuss is our differences.

I never really understood why people look to comedians for moral certitude or judge them other than on the humor of their jokes, they are not prophets, despite what some might claim.

In the long run, politics is nonsense. Too many families have been damaged over a lot of self-serving people. The people around you matter far more than some politician you will never meet. All of them.

I have no idea who shall win the upcoming election but the one thing I can assure you of is that whomever loses will claim the other side cheated no matter the facts. Keep that in mind before supporting their present and future claims.

When any person attempts to force another human being how to speak or act without verifiable legal justification, they are tyrants. No matter how well-meaning tyrants they might be. Individual rights are more important than any groups feelings.

We all should endeavor to never wander the world in a mad rage trying to bend it to our will using expedient claims that make no logical or consistent sense. We should learn from Don Quixote and not seek to force others to act in ways we desire based on fantasies and illusions.

Celebrities and politicians telling millions of unemployed people to donate money as they hawk products and beg for political contributions does not inspire charitable thoughts.

Nothing sometimes is more funny than unvarnished truth.

My favorite part of election season is the end.

Waiting for an incompetent government to fix things is much like Waiting for Godot.

Political fandom is much like entertainment fandom, many people invest money, emotions, and faith in a person they never met and foolishly expect that figure will always make them happy.

For those people who believe no one can truly change I would note that roughly every seven to ten years all the cells in our bodies are replicated but some cells often change internally. We are never entirely the people we once were.

Never questioning your own ideas and emotions is the surest way to be wrong about something.

There duality to the universe that spins everything and sometimes in people themselves.

Chaotic times are not the period to abandon rational thinking but just another reason to cherish its existence.

If two opposing politicians both claim their opponent is lying, remember that two things can be true simultaneously.

If you go so far into ideology you convince yourself that any means are acceptable to win you have become the evil you once claimed to oppose. It is the rules we dare not break, such as using illegal violence against others, that separate us from monsters. Anyone can be a tyrant.

I try not to hate people, some make it harder than others.

Spare the regulation and you spoil the corporation.

It is always good to make others think, even when they do not want to.

Existence is like a painting, if you only look at one side of existence, how can you see it all? You cannot. Thus, perspective requires looking at every side.

It often appears that modern government has two modes, ignorant and malicious.

Unprovoked insults are but the surly mask of fear and ignorance.

It often appears that modern government has two modes, ignorant or malicious.

Partisanship is but hateful poetry often engaged in by those without any talent for rhyme.

Drink too deep from the well of hatred and you will surely drown.

The difference between Communism and Fascism are the lies used to deprive people of their freedom.

The problem with choosing between the lesser of two evils is that evil always wins.

Reason and peace not hatred and violence is ever the best way and ever shall be.

I truly admire the British for their understatement and subtle sarcasm. A good rule is when using sarcasm is, it is best to "put a little English" on it.

All sarcasm is better when you put a little English on it.

Thinking resembles swimming in the ocean. Some prefer calm shoreline waters, others with a taste for adventure, go deeper.

The Freedom of Speech will always be mightier than any small minded censor no matter the flavor of their ignorance.

At some point in youth an old person will tell you a harsh truth you will not believe, in middle age you will realize its true. In old age you will tell a young person the same harsh truth but they will not believe it. Because history repeats itself.

There is something worse than obvious immorality and that is false morality.

Could we just not have a US President for 4 years? Just a political break. Some might call that unreasonable, now look hard at the choices again, do you still want to talk about what’s unreasonable now?

Some current ideologies would double as improvisational comedy because you must agree with them by adding further laughable concepts.

You cannot defeat injustice with the further injustice but you can render yourself into an unjust zealot in the process of trying.

You can determine how much you value something by the price it costs to take it away.

Zealots, ideologues, and tyrants are usually the people who feel that free speech is dangerous because it challenges their power.

The only way to give a bad idea a real chance to publicly fail is to hear it and then use facts to eviscerate it.

I do the equivalent of not voting, I vote third party. I dare to dream.

Only after tasting bitter defeat can you appreciate the significance of a meaningful victory.

A popular idea does not infer correct one, it just means a lot of people can get something wrong at the same time. Ever hear of witch trials?