"Darwinian man, though well-behaved, at best is only a monkey shaved."

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W. S. Gilbert

#Men Quotes #Monkeys Quotes #Evolution Quotes

“Mature love is loving, not being loved.”
“I am convinced that I do not want to give up more power to the White House, whether it's George Bush or Barack Obama. And I'm going to fight as hard as I can against President Obama on these earmarks and my Republican colleagues who hate to vote for them, but love to get them.”
“The skin is no more separated from the brain than the surface of a lake is separate from its depths; the two are different locations in a continuous medium...The brain is a single functional unit, from cortex to fingertips to toes. To touch the surface is to stir the depths.”
“If you find yourself under lethal attack don't be kind. Be harsh. Be tough. Be ruthless.”

Source : Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.45, Paladin Press
“God is a being of transcendent and unlimited perfections: his nature therefore is incomprehensible to finite spirits.”

Source : George Berkeley (1843). “Works, Including His Letters to Thomas Prior, Dean Gervais, Mr. Pope, &c. to which is Prefixed an Account of His Life”, p.221
“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

Source : John Irving (2012). “The World According To Garp”, p.605, Random House
“Raising the congestion charge won't necessarily make a difference. Rather than increasing the amount you pay in congestion charge, we should be thinking about an ultra low emission zone. We should penalise those cars who are the biggest polluters and reward cars that don't, like electric cars.”
“Sometimes you wish you could go back and ask your teachers again to guide you; but up there onstage, exactly where they always wanted you to be, you must simply find your way. They have given all the help they can; the only person who can solve the labyrinth of yourself is you.”

Source : "Every Good Boy Does Fine" by Jeremy Denk, www.newyorker.com. April 8, 2013.

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