"I thought my friends were damn fools, because they didn't know any better way of conducting their lives. Still they conformed better than I to a code. I wanted to conform but I couldn't so I wrote my poetry."

-- William Carlos Williams

#Way Quotes #Fool Quotes #Conducting Quotes

“Classical theology has erred in its insistence that theology be 'God-centered,' not 'man-centered'.”
“Some men are born posthumously.”
“It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty.”

Source : Jean Webster (2016). “Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated”, p.70, Jester House Publishing
“The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal and hasten the resurrection of the dead.”
“For me the greatest revenge of all is having a happy adulthood, waking up in my gorgeous turquoise bedroom in the morning beside a person who really inspires me. That's the best revenge a girl-loving girl from the Bible belt could possibly have. And, importantly, it's healthy.”
“The fly ought to be used as the symbol of impertinence and audacity; for whilst all other animals shun man more than anything else, and run away even before he comes near them, the fly lights upon his very nose.”
“A creative idea will be defined simply as one that is both novel and useful or influential in a particular social setting.”

Source : Journal of Comparative Neurology 493:147-153, p. 147, 2005.
“There is no better way to know us Than as two wolves, come separately to a wood.”

Source : Ted Hughes (2009). “The Hawk in the Rain”, p.21, Faber & Faber

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