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Useful Quotes (page 228)

Don Marquis quote: "Vibrations are the key to everything. Atoms used to be, but..."
Vibrations are the key to everything. Atoms used to be, but atoms have quite gone out. Don Marquis
Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in any department of life, a mark of the naive - or worse. Kingsley Amis
George Eliot quote: "what is opportunity to a man who can't use it."
what is opportunity to a man who can't use it. George Eliot
The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about. Athletics don’t make anybody long-lived or useful. George Santayana
Louis-Ferdinand Celine quote: "Poverty is a giant who uses your features like a piece of..."
Poverty is a giant who uses your features like a piece of cotton waste to wipe a filthy world. Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Woodrow Wilson quote: "We should not only use all the brains we have but all that we..."
We should not only use all the brains we have but all that we can borrow. Woodrow Wilson
A dragon has just flown over the tree-tops and lighted on the beach. Yes, I am afraid it is between us and the ship. And arrows are no use against dragons. And they're not at all afraid of fire."With your Majesty's leave-" began Reepicheep."No, Reepicheep," said the King very firmly, "you are not to attempt a single combat with it. C. S. Lewis
Abraham Joshua Heschel quote: "When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I..."
When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Heschel
The word 'God' is used in most cases as by no means a term of science or exact knowledge, but a term of poetry and eloquence, a term thrown out, so to speak, as a not fully grasped object of the speaker's consciousness? a literary term, in short; and mankind mean different things by it as their consciousness differs. Matthew Arnold
John Steinbeck quote: "There's something desirable about anything you're used to as..."
There's something desirable about anything you're used to as opposed to something you're not. John Steinbeck
The more I thought about human nature, the more I saw how our tragic inclination for sin/mistakes causes us to use our minds to rationalize our action. Martin Luther King jr.
This is what I wanted. If I believe I will win then victory will believe in me. No life is complete without a touch of madness, or to use J.'s words. What I need to do is reconquer my kingdom. If I can understand what's going on in the world, I can understand what's going on inside myself. Paulo Coelho
These growth hormones, where can I get a bunch of them? Is there some way that, with electricity, you could stimulate your own growth hormones? Plug yourself in for five minutes, there'd be a little jolt, but you'd get used to it. It wouldn't be bad at all; in fact, you'd get to enjoy it, probably. Then away you'd go, and youth wouldn't be wasted on the young anymore. You'd be 25, with a 95-year-old mind. Granddad would start breaking into liquor stores and staying out late. Hope we have it... David Lynch
I've got a Don Baylor," J.T. said."California sucks this year."Ralph snickered. "I wouldn't use a Baylor card to scrape dog shit off the street. Jodi Picoult
Harlan Ellison quote: "Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm..."
Posing the question: does the god of love use underarm deodorant, vaginal spray and fluoride toothpaste? Harlan Ellison

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