"Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books and a total ignorance of men."

-- Henry Mackenzie

#Book Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Mean Quotes

“If you like the story then don't hold back in telling me about it, and if you don't then please keep your opinions to yourself!”

Source : The Billboard Magazine Interview, www.billboard.com. March 26, 2005.
“If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.”
“When I'm painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It's only after a get acquainted period that I see what I've been about. I've no fears about making changes for the painting has a life of its own.”
“I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.”

Source : "Nothing to Lose". Book by Lee Child, March 24, 2008.
“The possibility of the impossible, dreams and illusions, are the subject of my novels.”
“Being a good neighbor is an art which makes life richer.”
“It is the generation of the unemphatic. Steal, kill, lie, fornicate, but beware of indulging with conviction.”

Source : Beryl Bainbridge (1981). “A weekend with Claude”, Gerald Duckworth & Company
“Today the world faces a single man armed with weapons of mass destruction, manifesting an aggressive, bullying attitude, who may well plunge the world into chaos and bloodshed if he miscalculates. This person, belligerent, arrogant, and sure of himself, truly is the most dangerous person on Earth. The problem is that his name is George W. Bush, and he is our president.”

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