"The good oxymoron, to define it by a self-illustration, must be a planned inadvertency."

-- Wilson Follett

#Self Quotes #Illustration Quotes #Oxymoron Quotes

“travel has been stepped up to such a speed that one can have dinner in New York and indigestion in Madrid ...”

Source : Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette, Etc: A Concise Guide with a Fresh Look”
“Yesterday in Egypt, archaeologists discovered the burial site for the 50 children of Ramses II...Fifty children! What I want to know is, who decided to name a condom after this guy?”
“The darkest night that ever fell upon the earth never hid the light , never put out the stars . It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest against the darkness .”
“...to many a mother's heart has come the disappointment of a loss of power, a limitation of influence when early manhood takes the boy from the home, or when even before that time, in school, or where he touches the great world and begins to be bewildered with its controversies, trade and economics and politics make their imprint even while his lips are dewy with his mother's kiss.”
“That's Right! I Own the WCW!”
“To me, my style is comfortable.”
“Libraries change lives. They are the soul of a people.”
“We have to make sure that we are a force for peace and stability in the world, and that we're prepared to defend freedom and the security of the American people”

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