"It had become boring to write: 'I like Clare Balding'. To say: 'I don't like Clare Balding' is much more newsworthy."

-- Clare Balding

#Writing Quotes #Boring Quotes

“When he says weâ€™re forgiven, letâ€™s unload the guilt. When he says weâ€™re valuable, letâ€™s believe him. . . . When he says weâ€™re provided for, letâ€™s stop worrying. Godâ€™s efforts are strongest when our efforts are useless”
“We secured peace for our country for one and a half years, as well as an opportunity of preparing our forces for defense if fascist Germany risked attacking our country in defiance of the pact. This was a definite gain to our country and a loss for fascist Germany.”
“Odd: I wish I could believe in reincarnation. Chief Porter: Not me. Once down the track is enough of a test. Pass me or fail me, Dear Lord, but don't make me go through high school again. Odd: If there's something we want so bad in this life but we can't have it, maybe we could get it the next time around. Chief Porter: Or maybe not getting it, accepting less without bitterness and being grateful for what we have is a part of what we're here to learn.”
“Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less.”

Source : Stanislaw Marcin Ulam (1986). “Science, Computers, and People: From the Tree of Mathematics”
“This, of course, has no chance of passing. But then Tuesday night'Â€Â™s State of the Union address could be the first one in history deliberately designed solely to generate a Pavlovian rage response in members of the opposing party.”
“We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were.”
“While no inference is intended here, it is worth noting, in connection with Milton Friedman's comment that "Kelso just turned Marx upside down," that it is not necessarily amiss to turn a fellow upside down if that in fact straightens out his thinking.”
“I didn't want people to say his brother Bing sings better than he does.”

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