"I groaned. Man and his codes! Even in a lawless inferno, man has to give himself some honor, he's so desperate to separate himself from the beasts."

-- Steve Toltz

#Men Quotes #Giving Quotes #Honor Quotes

“Nationalism and patriotism are the two most evil forces that I know of in this century or in any century and cause more wars and more death and more destruction to the soul and to human life than anything else.”
“Automobile is one of the most successful inventions of all time, but in my view, it is thoroughly obsolete already. And so by fundamentally rethinking the automobile, thinking of it as a robot on four wheels, essentially, something that can communicate with other intelligent devices, it can operate in a coordinated way, you can really start to fundamentally rethink urban personal mobility.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“The modern city hardly knows a pure darkness or true silence anymore, nor does it know the effect of a single small light or that of a lonely distant shout.”
“It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.”
“Did God really say that I couldn't tell my friends what so and so did yesterday? Does that really count as gossip? No, it's just venting, and venting is healthy right? Wrong! We are supposed to think about the things that are praiseworthy, not gossip worthy.”
“I actually collect old First and Second World War memorabilia.”

Source : "How to Become a Star In 1 Easy Lesson: 'War Horse's' Jeremy Irvine (Q&A)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 29, 2011.
“You only know what you know.”
“Poetry cannot be defined, only experienced”

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