"Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind."

-- Charles James Fox

#Men Quotes #Honor Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Forever is a very long time Peter”
“I don't think I should accept other people's suffering because I suffered. Just the opposite, because I suffered I don't want others to suffer.”
“Where it is in his own interest, every organism may reasonably be expected to aid his fellows. Where he has no alternative, he submits to the yoke of communal servitude. Yet given a full chance to act in his own interest, nothing but expediency will restrain him from brutalizing, from maiming, from murdering his brother, his mate, his parent, or his child. Scratch an 'altruist' and watch a 'hypocrite' bleed.”
“When I go to a bar, I don't go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.”
“The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned.”
“Why is Form beautiful? Because, I think, it helps us confront our worst fear: the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our suffering is without meaning.”
“I've always wondered if there was a God. And now I know there is -- and it's me.”
“It's always weird when I meet people who don't know how to crack crabs open and eat them the right way. I take a lot of pride in my crab-eating ability.”

Source : Interview with Dan Singer, brightestyoungthings.com. August 22, 2014.

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