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Pearl S. Buck quote: "When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to..."

When men destroy their old gods they will find new ones to take their place.

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The tendency has always been strong to believe that whatever received a name must be an entity or being, having an independent existence of its own. And if no real entity answering to the name could be found, men did not for that reason suppose that none existed, but imagined that it was something peculiarly abstruse and mysterious. John Stuart Mill
Society invents a spurious convoluted logic tae absorb and change people whae's behaviour is outside its mainstream. Suppose that ah ken aw the pros and cons, know that ah'm gaunnae huv a short life, am ah sound mind, ectetera, ectetera, but still want tae use smack? They won't let ye dae it. They won't let ye dae it, because it's seen as a sign ay thir ain failure. The fact that ye jist simply choose tae reject whut they huv tae offer. Irvine Welsh
I have to consider my greatest accomplishments winning the Olympics because everything that I've done after that is really because of the Olympics. Brian Boitano
My dear fellow, you may laugh, but I give you my word that I shall be very glad to have you back safe and sound in Baker Street once more.- Holmes, to Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle
America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for. Sarah Palin
Walter Winchell quote: "Nothing recedes like success."
Nothing recedes like success. Walter Winchell
Sting quote: "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile."
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile. Sting
When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way. Phillip Lim
Lewis B. Smedes quote: "It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be..."
It takes one person to forgive, it takes two people to be reunited. Lewis B. Smedes
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "If you aren't unhappy sometimes you don't know how to be happy."
If you aren't unhappy sometimes you don't know how to be happy. Madeleine L'Engle
Aldous Huxley quote: "reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel..."
...reality, however utopian, is something from which people feel the need of taking pretty frequent holidays.... Aldous Huxley
To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success. Orison Swett Marden
Lynda Barry quote: "I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me."
I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me. Lynda Barry
Here in the United States, we have between 250 and 300 years of a coal supply. That is more than the amount of recoverable oil contained in the entire world. Tim Holden
Annie Lennox quote: "I've never been a social person."
I've never been a social person. Annie Lennox