Sunday, September 27, 2009

quote of the day

The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

--John F. Kennedy

2 comments:

Lorna said...

I thought about that for a minute, and now I'm uncomfortable.

ainelivia said...

Oh how I'd love to say, well it's just the everyday Irish philisophical attitude that all us Irish have it; but no, he was the product of a first class education and a fine mind.