"For my part I think the Learned, and Unlearned Blockhead pretty equal; for 'tis all one to me, whether a Man talk Nonsense, or unintelligible Sense, I am diverted and edified alike by either; the one enjoys himself less, but suffers his Friends to do it more; the other enjoys himself and his own Humour enough, but will let no body else do it in his Company."

-- Mary Astell

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.”

Source : Sam Walter Foss (1895). “Whiffs from Wild Meadows”
“What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?”
“I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.”

Source : "Senator McCain, Please Define 'Free Nation'" by Vanessa Edwards Foster, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 14, 2008.
“Fate is a sea without a shore, and the soul is a rock that abides.”

Source : Algernon Charles Swinburne, L. M. Findlay (2002). “Selected Poems”, p.59, Psychology Press
“A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.”
“I'm not Metallica, you can tell that I'm really not that angry in most of my songs.”
“The whole basis of the music is that people have these emotional attachments to these songs - whether they love it or hate it. Being able to manipulate that is a really easy way to connect with people.”
“Now people with HIV are no longer dying, but living many years - we are around longer to potentially affect others.”

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