"Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment."

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George Santayana

#Happiness Quotes #Laughter Quotes #Mad Quotes

“They say that dog is man's best friend, and I think it's true. My dog does a lot of the same stuff my best friend does, like drool on my couch, mooch my food and hump my wife.”
“In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.”
“The test is can you do something, rather than have a theoretical argument - can you make a difference?”
“The answer is that we don't choose our freaks, they choose us.”

Source : Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.9, Algonquin Books
“Whoever our students may be, whatever the subject we teach, ultimately we teach who we are.”
“Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps.”

Source : Ernest K. Gann (1986). “Fate is the Hunter: A Pilot's Memoir”, p.70, Simon and Schuster
“At its heart, music is all higher mathematics.”
“When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word.”

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