"Believe it or not, philosophy has consequences."

-- Jonathan V. Last

#Philosophy Quotes #Believe Quotes #Consequence Quotes

“I dont want to write a book; I dont want to go on T.V., because I stink at it. The only thing I have always been comfortable with is being in magazines.”
“I drive a V10 Ford Excursion and I have to tell folks all the time: look I've got five kids and a dog and birds. I would have to have two Lincolns with two V8s, you see, so it would be 16 cylinders.”
“Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education. [Lat., Virtus, etiamsi quosdam impetus a natura sumit, tamen perficienda doctrina est.]”
“The truth is that reason is the enemy of life.”
“Well, I've cleaned bathrooms in a warehouse. That was pretty terrible. But I can't complain because I'm sure other people have done worse.”
“Amateurs do things 'till they get it right. Pros do it 'till they can't get it wrong.”
“It is a time-honored adage that love begats love...cast your bread upon the waters and ye shall receive it after many days, increased to a hundredfold.”
“Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.”

Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2010). “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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