"Nothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren't so nearly universal, God knows what I'd be. A drain on the State, I shouldn't wonder."

-- Donald E. Westlake

#Stories Quotes #Literacy Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“The idea of having more technology solving this idea of hyperactive lifestyle is not really the mainstream problem. I think the real innovation thatâ€™s going to be rewarded will be on things like, letâ€™s convert our computers from being tools to being companions. Letâ€™s convert our computers from being utilitarian to being enlightening. These are human needs.”
“The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.”
“Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time.”

Source : Ginger Rogers (1991). “Gineger My Story”
“In writing I search for believability, simplicity, and emotional impact.”

Source : "Music Legend Hal David Passes, But His Lyrics Still Resonate" by Brian Levin, J.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2012.
“Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.”
“I wish to call on you to join hands in the building of a world in which less people will be forced to flee, and in which refugees are protected until they can safely return home one day.”
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind.”

Source : Popular Lectures and Addresses "Electrical Units of Measurement" (1889).
“This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip.”

Source : "Sex Devotional: 365 Days of Passion, Positions, and Pure Pleasure" by Olivia St. Claire, Adams Media, (p. 309), November 18, 2009.

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