"About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's proud of it, too. The Bible's full of kind remarks about booze."

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Source : HERMAN WOUK (1955). “MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR”

Herman Wouk

#Alcohol Quotes #Proud Quotes #Kind Quotes

“Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political force simply through the faithful representation of the spirit. It is a political act to create an image of the self or of the collective.”

Source : Lewis Hyde (2009). “The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World”, p.258, Vintage
“The American public's a lot more sophisticated than we all give them credit for. And on complicated issues, I'm going to give them straight answers. And if it takes more than three minutes, I'm going to do it.”
“If you can't measure it, you can't change it.”
“Is this place called Virgins? Well, I shouldn't be here! -Nina”
“I am happy that we are not favorites. To be very honest it's big pressure of being favorites. We were not favorites last time (in 2011) too but we played excellent cricket. Similarly this time, there are teams which play on those bouncy wickets like Australia and South Africa, and are probably bigger favorites than us. But we hope that with the type of resources we have we can do well.”
“You can have very big local government. By big, I mean very engaged government. Do you measure it in terms of the number of laws? Number of employees? You could make arguments for either one. I tend to think the axis of the size of government is the wrong concern. But I do think that situating power more locally is a legitimate approach.”
“By todayâ€™s standards King George III was a very mild tyrant indeed. He taxed his American colonists at a rate of only pennies per annum. His actual impact on their personal lives was trivial. He had arbitrary power over them in law and in principle but in fact it was seldom exercised. If you compare his rule with that of todayâ€™s U.S. Government you have to wonder why we celebrate our independence..”
“I'm an all-things-in-moderation kind of person. I do eat a warm donut occasionally. I especially enjoy a cider donut when I'm apple picking. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.”

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