"[Erwin Rommel] explained why in short words, what the two generals' message and then he explained his position and he gave some reason for his position. And then he said, "The ten minutes are over, and I have to leave now." Then my father said goodbye. He also told that us that in I think twenty or thirty minutes, I don't remember, "You will get a telephone call telling you that I have died of stroke.""

-- Manfred Rommel

#Goodbye Quotes #Father Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“When I first became really interested in building furniture, I went to Toys-R-Us, and spent $200 on Transformers toys. By taking the toys apart and studying how they moved, I was able to figure out how to hide a table leaf, what type of contraption I'd need to slide it under the table. I'm a really visual learner.”

Source : Source: www.goodhousekeeping.com
“One of the poets, whose name I cannot recall, has a passage, which I am unable at the moment to remember, in one of his works, which for the time being has slipped my mind, which hits off admirably this age-old situation.”

Source : P. G. Wodehouse (2004). “The Clicking of Cuthbert”, p.169, 1st World Publishing
“I do my very best to avoid shark fin.”
“I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.”
“The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.”

Source : Quoted by "Punch"; reported in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.
“I do like my breasts. They're great, so much fun. You can do what you like with them.”

Source : "A blonde has more fun" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2001.
“Materialism is decadent and degenerate only if the spirit of the nation has withered and if individual people are so unimaginative that they wallow in it.”
“If you don't have discipline, you don't have anything”

Source : Paul J. Meyer (2002). “Unlocking Your Legacy: 25 Keys for Success”, Moody Pub

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