"To be skeptical of the resultant text of the New Testament books is to allow all of classical antiquity to slip into obscurity, for no documents of the ancient period are as well attested bibliographically as the New Testament."

-- John Warwick Montgomery

#Book Quotes #Obscurity Quotes #Ancient Quotes

“Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic.”
“Most songwriting like poetry takes a careful selection of words. Sometimes you're just channeling something and a selection of words come out that you wouldn't normally say, but you come up with an assortment of words that are really special. It just makes sense even if it's normally how you wouldn't express yourself.”
“A thing can be true and still be desperate folly.”

Source : Richard Adams (2014). “Watership Down”, p.94, Oneworld Publications
“You know, YOUR President, the one with the big ears-he ainâ€™t my President â€“ had that woman singing for him at his Inauguration. Sheâ€™s going to get her [expletive] whooped. How dare Beyonce sing MY song that I been singing forever. Now Iâ€™m going to sing it for yâ€™allâ€¦”
“Up with life. Stamp out all small and large indignities. Leave everyone alone to make it without pressure. Down with hurting. Lower the standard of living. Do without plastics. Smash the servo-mechanisms. Stop grabbing. Snuff the breeze and hug the kids. Love all love. Hate all hate.”

Source : JOHN D. MACDONALD (1971). “A TAN AND SANDY SILENCE”
“Revenge, that thirsty dropsy of our souls, makes us covet that which hurts us most.”
“Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.”

Source : FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from May 08, 2010
“There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book.”

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