"In general, American slang is much better than English slang. The entire world picks up American slang."

-- Jesse Sheidlower

#World Quotes #Slang Quotes #Picks Quotes

“The child, making use of all that he finds around him, shapes himself for the future.”
“The Infinite Way is not a message, it is an experience.”
“Natural objects, for example, must be experienced before any theorizing about them can occur.”

Source : Edmund Husserl, Peter McCormick, Frederick Elliston (1981). “Husserl, shorter works”, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
“But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my soul I despise all those whose guilt, malice, or folly has made them my foes.”
“We are never more than one grateful thought away from peace of heart.”
“By listening, marketing will re-learn how to talk.”

Source : Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, David Weinberger (2011). “The Cluetrain Manifesto: 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.186, Basic Books
“I thought, possibly, that what I really needed was to go where nobody knew me and start over again, with none of my previous decisions, conversations, or expectations coming with me.”
“I feel a near passion for intelligence at grips with itself and not letting go.”

Source : Monique Wittig (1987). “Across the Acheron”, Dufour Editions

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