"Have you ever seen a monkey examining a watch?"

-- Wilhelm Steinitz

#Watches Quotes #Monkeys Quotes

“I'm just here to spray and pray.”
“Music does not excite until it is performed.”
“God, Who is everywhere, never leaves us. Yet He seems sometimes to be present, sometimes to be absent. If we do not know Him well, we do not realize that He may be more present to us when He is absent than when He is present.”
“It is said that if our intention is to help others-even if we are unable to follow it through-we will never have any regret. Regret is a result of trying to make "me" happy.”
“There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals.”
“I would rather sail and hit a rock than sit and rot in dry dock.”
“When Ive ridden in parades, I always throw to the kids, the elderly and anyone who is smiling and having a great time. I try to make eye contact with the person. If you catch a ton and a kid nearby hasnt caught much, share.”
“The reason why we are disenchanted with ourselves is because we entertain in the depths of our psyche a kind of vision-an anticipated vision of what we could be if we would be what we might be.”

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