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Having Quotes (page 795)

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Albert Einstein
David Eddings quote: "I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra..."
I thought you said you were the one in charge!" Ce'Nedra exclaimed. I lied." Silk said. "It's a vice I have. David Eddings
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows..."
What's the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don't yield to them? P. G. Wodehouse
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I was a little excited but mostly blorft. "Blorft" is an adjective I just made up that means 'Completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum.' I have been blorft every day for the past seven years. Tina Fey
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. Douglas Adams
George Carlin quote: "How is it possible to have a civil war?"
How is it possible to have a civil war? George Carlin
Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm's Thermonuclear League of Liberty. Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. Bill Watterson
Yeah, Quirrell was a great teacher. There was just that minor drawback of him having Lord Voldemort sticking out of the back of his head! J. K. Rowling
Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?"Yes."You called her a liar?"Yes."You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?"Yes."Have a biscuit, Potter. J. K. Rowling
Eugene Ionesco quote: "People, they all have the word goodness on lips a bloody knife..."
People, they all have the word goodness on lips a bloody knife between their teeth. Eugene Ionesco
An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers...To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy...If I try self consciously to become a person, I will never be one. The most real people, those who are able to forget their selfish selves, who have true compassion, are usually the most distinct individuals" (30,31). Madeleine L'Engle
Evelyn Waugh quote: "Of course those that have charm don't really need brains."
Of course those that have charm don't really need brains. Evelyn Waugh
Whatever the cause, I could not meet his sunshine with cloud. If this were my last moment with him, I would not waste it in forced, unnatural distance. I loved him well - too well not to smite out of my path even Jealousy herself, when she would have obstructed a kind farewell. A cordial word from his lips, or a gentle look from his eyes, would do me good, for all the span of life that remained to me; it would be comfort in the last strait of loneliness; I would take it - I would taste the... Charlotte Bronte
Our faith in others betrays that we would rather have faith in ourselves. Our longing for a friend is our betrayer. And often with our love we want merely to overcome envy. And often we attack and make ourselves enemies, to conceal that we are vulnerable. Friedrich Nietzsche

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