"Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and so forth. And, of course, a God business, which is called 'religion,' and which is a particularly reprehensible line of endeavor."

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Source : Robert Sheckley (2014). “Dimension of Miracles”, p.59, Open Road Media

Robert Sheckley

#War Quotes #House Quotes #Lines Quotes

“For who that noght dar undertake, Be riht he schal no profit take [For who that dare not undertake, By right he shall no profit take. i.e., Nothing ventured, nothing gained.]”
“You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man”
“I would treat her like an egg, the shell of which we remove before eating it; I would take off her mask and then kiss her pretty face.”
“I'm from Spain, and in Spain, things in the '80s after the dictatorship, it was like a big explosion of freedom.”
“We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.”
“I am the wheat of God, and am ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, that I may be found the pure bread of God.”
“Why is it possible to rescue S&L buccaneers in the early '90s and provide guidance to levered Wall Street investment bankers during the 1998 long-term capital management crisis, yet throw 2 million homeowners to the wolves in 2007?”
“When you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts.”

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