"The neurotic thinks himself both Hamlet and Claudius, in a world that belongs to Polonius."

-- Mignon McLaughlin

#Thinking Quotes #World Quotes #Polonius Quotes

“It is a most gratifying sign of the rapid progress of our time that our best text-books become antiquated so quickly.”

Source : The Medical Sciences in the German Universities Pt II
“There is always a choice about the way you do your work even if there is not a choice about the work itself.”

Source : Stephen C. Lundin (2009). “Fish!: A Remarkable Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results”, p.15, Hachette UK
“You might be far from Allah, but, He is close to you! Turn to Him and you will find Him.”
“People who are knowledgeable about poetry sometimes discuss it in that knowing, rather hateful way in which oenophiles talk about wine: robust, delicate, muscular. This has nothing to do with how most of us experience it, the heart coming around the corner and unexpectedly running into the mind. Of all the words that have stuck to the ribs of my soul, poetry has been the most filling.”
“It's a shameful piece of history and I think - I don't mean to be political or sobering or anything - but I think America, the United States, we still have to deal with the issue of our original sin, which was slavery. And I think we're seeing the ramifications, the consequences, of not really facing the truth as to what we as a nation struggled towards. You know, struggled with and are still struggling and rectifying.”
“I think art, if it's meaningful at all, is a conversation with other artists. You say something, they say something, you move back and forth.”

Source : Interview with David Salle, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 9, 2013.
“I ain't going to lie: I was happy, man. Me and my sisters and my brother was mad cool. We all did the music thing. My dad had the keys to the church, so we would go over there and jam. So I just want my kids to have fun the right way. I want their type of trouble to be, like, "Aw, Dad, I locked the keys in the car." I don't want to hear about, "Oh, my friend just got shot."”
“The old brown hen and the old blue sky, Between the two we live and die The broken cartwheel on the hill.”

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