"The arrogance of poets is only a defense; doubt gnaws the greatest among them; they need our testimony to escape despair."

-- Francois Mauriac

#Doubt Quotes #Arrogance Quotes #Despair Quotes

“... class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor.”

Source : Richard G. Wilkinson, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (1986). “Class and health”
“The biblical case for vegetarianism does not rest on the view that killing may never be allowable in the eyes of God, rather on the view that killing is always a grave matter. When we have to kill to live we may do so, but when we do not, we should live otherwise.”

Source : "Animal Theology". Book by Andrew Linzey, 1994.
“A trifle can be enough when luck is on your side.”
“Music is neither old nor modern: it is either good or bad music, and the date at which it was written has no significance whatever.”

Source : Peter Warlock (1998). “The Occasional Writings of Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock): Early music”
“Whateverâ€™s there to feel, feel it â€“ the riddance, the relief, the fright and freedom, the fear of forgetting, the dull ache of your own mortality. Get with someone you can trust with tears, with anger, and wonderment and utter silence. Get that part done â€“ the sooner the better. The only way around these things is through them.”
“I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive.”

Source : "Helen Thomas: 'Baloney. I've Never Been Anti-Semitic. I'm a Semite'" by Noel Sheppard, www.newsbusters.org. October 12, 2010.
“Truth is a pursuit, it's a quest. And proof is certainly in the pudding in this particular instance, because the film, and the evidence accumulated in making the film, led to this man's release from prison. And that's hardly ever happened, if it's happened at all, in any other film that I can think of.”
“Elvis was, at least the times I was around him, Elvis was a practical joker. He was always, had some little mischievous something going.”

Source : Interview with David Adams, www.elvis.com.au. August 2, 2015.

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