"Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind."

-- Roger L'Estrange

#Enemy Quotes #Common Quotes #Wit Quotes

“The good news is that The Hangover Part III isn't a rerun like the second episode. The bad news is everything else. For all the promise of mayhem and WTF moments, the final episode hits you with all the force of a warm can of O'Doul's.”
“I still prefer going to the classical writers, the modernists and the nineteenth century writers. Much of what has been done since then has just been repetition. A lot of it is marvelous but the forms haven't changed.”
“The transcendental knowledge of devotional service is digested by the engyme of humility.”
“My wife sent me a Valentine card that said, "Take my heart, take my lips, take my soul." That's just like her. She kept the good parts for herself.”
“Global inequality is such an abstract concept, simply because there is no global government. Telling people in rich countries who have had no increase in real incomes, stagnant median wages and so on, that on the other hand global inequality is going down because people who are much poorer than them are getting richer - it's something that maybe they would like in an abstract sense, because everyone is happy there are fewer poor Chinese, but you may not be as happy if these Chinese are taking your job.”
“If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If he lives with hostility, he learn s to fight. If a child lives with shame, he learn to fell ashamed.”
“I just realized that I never look at a painting and ask, 'Is this painting fictional or non-fictional?' Itâ€™s just a painting.”
“I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure.”

Source : Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. April 9, 1997.

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