"Small crimes always precedes great ones."

-- Jean Racine

“Elvis Costello had a brand new bag. He was a musician, but he knew all about the attitude part of it.”
“Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.”

Source : 1939 'Pense es d'un Biologiste', collected inThe Substance of Man (translated by Irma Brandeis,1962).
“The mother-daughter relationship is the most complex.”
“In Quebec, we can no longer increase taxes if we want to stay competitive.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“I love it when my justifications for avoiding housework are actually legitimate.”

Source : Julie Kenner (2014). “The Trouble with Demons”, p.375, JKInk
“He suddenly became convinced that if he didnâ€™t do something sensible, something to put his mind to some use, then before he knew it he would be wondering round the streets having fights with himself and inviting domestic animals to social occasions too.”
“Ronan merely invested a look with as much contempt as he could muster. A lady reached over the top of Noah to pat Matthew's head fondly before continuing down the aisle. She didn't seem to care that he was fifteen, which was all right, because he didn't, either. Both Ronan and Declan observed this interaction with the pleased expressions of parents watching their prodigy at work.”
“When we have the Spirit to direct us, we are capable of teaching with great power.”

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