"If you see a thing that looks like a cross between a flying lobster and the figure of Abraxas on a Gnostic gem, do not pay it the least attention, never mind where it is; just keep quiet and hope it will go away - for that's your best chance; you have none in a stand-up fight with a good thorough-going African insect."

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Source : Mary Kingsley (2013). “West African Studies”, p.9, Routledge

Mary Kingsley

#Fighting Quotes #Flying Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.”
“Prayer is the wing wherewith the soul flies to heaven, and meditation the eye wherewith we see God.”
“We like to learn all we need from earlier generations, but we have to find out for ourselves what we need; nobody else can do that for us.”

Source : Asger Jorn, Per Hovdenakk, Stine Høholt, Arken museum for moderne kunst (Ishøj, Denmark), Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst (Amstelveen, Netherlands) (2002). “Asger Jorn”
“A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.”
“I don't really mind what people say about my love life or anything like that, but the one thing is that, yes, I do sing and write all my own music. That is something that I hold really dear. And yeah, I made a fool of myself in front of the world, but it was also great to pick myself back up and go on tour.”
“Enjoy your work and have ethical standards.”
“I fell in love with Erica Kane the summer before my freshman year of high school. Like all red-blooded teen American boys, I'd come home from water polo practice and eat a box of Entenmann's Pop'Ems donut holes in front of the TV while obsessively fawning over 'All My Children' and Erica, her clothes, and her narcissistic attitude.”
“The key is that Jesus does want to speak to us-to you-today. In your own language, just as a friend would speak. We simply need to take the time to listen.”

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