"For 13 to be unlucky would require there to be some kind of cosmic intelligence that counts things that humans count and that also makes certain things happen on certain dates or in certain places according to whether the number 13 'is involved' or not (whatever 'is involved' might mean)."

-- Douglas Hofstadter

#Mean Quotes #Numbers Quotes #Might Quotes

“I use 'wicked' all the time! It's part of my slang! When something's really rad, I'm like, 'That's wicked.' It has many meanings but worldwide, it seems like young people think it alludes to being either the naughtier side of you, or the trendier, cool side of you. I like it either way.”
“I know I shouldn't say thisâ€”I know it as surely as I know the earth is round and beats are evilâ€”and yet here it comes: â€œIt's not too late to change your mind.”
“No one really understands the grief or joy of another.”
“Our response has been, 'Well, let's then make an effort to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to sit around the table.' That hasn't happened. So we only have ourselves to blame for this crisis.”
“I eat all of the time... at least five little meals a day.”
“A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.”

Source : Margaret Deland (2015). “The Iron Woman”, p.239, The Floating Press
“The real mechanism for corporate governance is the active involvement of the owners.”
“Nor custom, nor example, nor cast numbers Of such as do offend, make less the sin.”

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