"It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them."

-- Klemens von Metternich

#Ideas Quotes #History Quotes #Useless Quotes

“Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.”

Source : Holly Lisle (2001). “The Secret Texts”, p.194, Hachette UK
“When I first started doing the quieter, more acoustic material in Swans, there was a lot of derision and outright hatred from the audience and press, just as in the early days of Swans when we were rejected outright because of the bludgeoning, single-minded violence of the music.”
“The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.”
“Oh yeah In France a skinny man Died of a big disease with a little name By chance his girlfriend came across a needle And soon she did the same At home there are seventeen-year-old boys And their idea of fun Is being in a gang called The Disciples High on crack, totin' a machine gun.”
“I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.”
“One of the great lessons I've learned in athletics is that you've got to discipline your life. No matter how good you may be, you've got to be willing to cut out of your life those things that keep you from going to the top.”

Source : Bob Richards (2009). “The Heart of a Champion: Inspiring True Stories of Challenge and Triumph”, p.74, Revell
“Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.”
“A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.”

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