"People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place."

-- Richard Rohr

#People Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Break Quotes

“Relativism poses as freedom but it is just another form of tyranny: You must believe that all religions are equal because we say they are. You must agree with us that everything is relative, or we will punish you.”
“There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.”
“I cannot see how it can be argued that one should speak in tones of reverence and awe about the alleged divine instruction-in Psalms-to grab the defenseless bodies of innocent infants and dash their brains out against the nearest rocks or walls.”

Source : Steve Allen (1993). “More Steve Allen on the Bible, Religion and Morality”
“Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.”
“I've come to this conclusion: What makes a great actor is great need. A huge need of acting.”
“I believed my story would be helpful to young women my daughter's age, who are still in the process of forming themselves as women, and in need of encouragement to remain true to themselves.”
“Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be”
“For the way in which the word is experienced is always momentous”

Source : Walter J. Ong, John Hartley (2012). “Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word”, p.72, Routledge

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