"You understand why some animals eat their young."

-- John Paul Jones

#Animal Quotes #Chemistry Quotes #Young Quotes

“An appetite for knowledge is apt to rush one off one's feet, like any other appetite if not curbed. I often stand in the in the centre of the Library here and think despairingly how impossible it is ever to become possessed of all the wealth of facts and ideas contained in the books surrounding me on every hand.”

Source : W.N.P. Barbellion (2017). “The Journal of a Disappointed Man: & A Last Diary”, p.12, Courier Dover Publications
“It is in the nature of the human being to seek a justification for his actions.”
“Obviously, I never had to sketch anything out. To me, that was the appeal of working with clip art, working digitally. You make it and it's done.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Aside from rabid Islamists, no one who wishes to be taken seriously can publicly say anything bad about the old Jews of Europe without sounding like reactionary troglodytes.”
“When one has no form, one can be all forms.”
“Do you have any idea how much an elephant drinks?”
“O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.”
“In music, you learn a lot of things when you don't know what you're doing.”

Source : "Crooked Fingers". Interview with Alison Fields, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

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