“It is progress when a centuries-old oak is cut down to give space for a road sign.”
― Thor Heyerdahl
"Many books have been written to teach children that they should be wise, obedient; but, sadly, it is parents who have written them."
Jean Grave - The Adventures of Nono
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
― Abraham Lincoln
@edgarblythe,
edgarblythe wrote:
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Golden rule always applies...
@Germlat,
Racial bigots are not aware of the suffering, and they just don't care.
"I exist, therefore I think"
-Carloslebaron.
“You can observe a lot just by watching.”
― Yogi Berra
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
- E. M. Forster
I grew up in Europe, where the history comes from.
- Eddie Izzard
@vonny,
A genius is an average student with a Jewish grandmother.
Milton Berle
"When you have only two coins left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other."
--Chinese proverb
“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
― Howard Nemerov
Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.
- Thomas Otway
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
- Alfred Lord Tennyson
“Human nature is like water. It takes the shape of its container.”
― Wallace Stevens
@edgarblythe,
Isn't it more like "human nature shapes the container?"
@cicerone imposter,
You got me, CI. I don't interpret them, just quote them if I find them interesting.
