"The Magistrate suffered from the disability of a free-thinking turn of mind and from a life that was barren and dreary to match."

-- J. G. Farrell

#Thinking Quotes #Mind Quotes #Disability Quotes

“Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.”
“I used to tell women graduate students, half-seriously, that the role of slightly rebellious daughter was one of the better roles for women living in patriarchy.”
“I had no idea of the historical evolution of the civilized world's music and had not realized that all modern music owes everything to Bach.”
“When you are on the podium nobody is asking you if you are 15 or 30 years old. What matters is who can do great gymnastics.”
“I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.”
“I really don't have the time to spend much time online, I do have web tv, which I use when I need information.”
“Walking the streets on winter nights kept him warm, despite the cold nocturnal passions of uprising winds. His footsteps led between trade-marked houses, two up and two down, with digital chimneys like pigs' ***** on the rooftops sending up heat and smoke into the cold trough of a windy sky. Stars hid like snipers, taking aim now and again when clouds gave them a loophole. Winter was an easy time for him to hide his secrets, for each dark street patted his shoulder and became a friend, and the gaseous eye of each lamp glowed unwinking as he passed.”
“If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable.”

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