"In the name of sense, man, if God made fish to be eaten, what difference does it make if I enjoy the killing of them before I eat them? You would have none but a fisherman by trade do it, and then you would have him utter a sigh, a prayer, and a pious ***** at each cod or haddock that he killed."

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Source : William Cowper Prime (1876). “I Go A-fishing”, p.266

William Cowper Prime

#Prayer Quotes #Men Quotes #Ejaculation Quotes

“Simply from the fact that we have regarded a thing with the emotion of pleasure or pain, though that thing be not the efficient cause of the emotion, we can either love or hate it.”
“Beijing didn't go the way I planned and I would have liked to have performed a little bit better personally. After Beijing that is what stuck in my mind. I want a better Olympic finish.”
“Photographs... are the most curious indicators of reality.”
“Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been published, because it was read by scientist and non- scientist alike, and it aroused violent controversy. Religious people disliked it because it appeared to dispense with God; scientists liked it because it seemed to solve the most important problem in the universe-the existence of living matter. In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to 'bend' their observations to fit in with it.”
“President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied.”
“One of the greatest sins in any story is false suspense. The kind of 'suspense' that disintegrates the moment you give your reader one second to think about it. And it's an easy trap to fall into, so watch carefully for it. If your story hinges on the question, 'Will Superman be pushed so far in his battle against Lex Luthor that he'll have to kill him?', or if your big cliffhanger moment is, 'Wow, is Spider-Man really dead this time?', then I understand Food Lion is hiring.”
“Don't expect anything from anybody, work hard, put your head down, be good at what you do and good stuff will happen...”
“It’s always interesting to me to tell stories that come from difficult political climates.”

Source : "One Day Interview: Jim Sturgess Might Not Be Here Tomorrow". Interview with Gazelle Emami, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 17, 2011.

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