"Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear."

-- Ihab Hassan

#Eye Quotes #Ears Quotes #Kind Quotes

“I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other.”
“I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction.”
“The frenetic pace of modern life can lead to an obscuring or even a loss of what is truly human... Perhaps more than in other periods of history, our time is in need of that genius which belongs to women, and which can ensure sensitivity for human beings in every circumstance.”
“The direction for my music is heaven, of course. We gear all things to the realm of heaven - which is the mind, the organized mind.”
“Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.”
“(in response to the question: what do you think of e-books and Amazonâ€™s Kindle?) Those arenâ€™t books. You canâ€™t hold a computer in your hand like you can a book. A computer does not smell. There are two perfumes to a book. If a book is new, it smells great. If a book is old, it smells even better. It smells like ancient Egypt. A book has got to smell. You have to hold it in your hands and pray to it. You put it in your pocket and you walk with it. And it stays with you forever. But the computer doesnâ€™t do that for you. Iâ€™m sorry.”
“Life began after I fell in love with you”
“Defensively, I think it’s important for us to tackle.”

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