"While the cat's away, you may find the rats getting damned uppity."

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Source : Simon R. Green (2008). “Daemons Are Forever”, p.83, Penguin

Simon R. Green

#Cat Quotes #May Quotes #Rats Quotes

“Forgiveness is like faith. You have to keep reviving it.”
“To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance. Great scholars and writers and polite speakers use simple words.”

Source : Joseph Devlin (2014). “How to Speak and Write Correctly (illustrated): Fully Formatted Version”, p.4, Full Moon Publications
“There is a history of mathematical models of oligopolistic competition dating from Cournot to the theory of games. There is also a literature generated by institutional economists, lawyers, and administrators interested in formulating and implementing public policy. It has been the tendency of these groups to work almost as though the other did not exist.”

Source : Martin Shubik, Richard Levitan (1980). “Market structure and behavior”, Harvard Univ Pr
“Aces are larger than life and greater than mountains.”
“But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one”
“We ask the great masses of India to be patient a short time longer, while the cause of freedom is being fought out, not because we want to delay, but because the hard facts of war make a complete change impossible at the moment.”
“O the green things growing, the green things growing, The faint sweet smell of the green things growing! I should like to live, whether I smile or grieve, Just to watch the happy life of my green things growing.”
“I realised that although I was fascinated with America, its history and culture, I was not interested in becoming American.”

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