"The Wise are silent, the Foolish speak, and children are thus led astray."

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Source : "The Bright Messenger: Blackwood Collections".

Algernon Blackwood

#Wise Quotes #Children Quotes #Speak Quotes

“There was a saying that the strength of a manâ€™s steel was only known under the hammer of circumstance. If anyone had asked me a few hours ago, I would have said that nearly five years of boyhood had hammered me into constant fear and excessive caution. But now I realised it had done the opposite. It had shaped me into someone who stepped forwards and reached for what she wanted. It was too late for me to tuck my hands behind my back and wait like a good woman.”

Source : Alison Goodman (2011). “Eona”, p.46, Penguin
“A GOOD old-fashioned sex tape pretty much guarantees you a star on Hollywood Boulevard.”
“You've got to bear it in mind that nobody that ever lived is specially privileged; the axe can fall at any moment, on any neck, without any warning or any regard for justice.”
“That's the funny thing about religion: it doesn't matter what you say, you're going to upset someone.”
“Moderation assures mediocrity -- nice, safe. Mediocrity is for the mediocre -- simple, okay. The intense rule; the mediocre follow.”
“Discovery comes as a result of positive discontent, a constructive dissatisfaction. In fact, one might quite truthfully say that there is no discovery when one is content.”
“I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.”
“As much as we may want to withdraw into a world of pure problem solving, we have to acknowledge that the most successful architectures are the ones you can actually convince someone to implement.”

Source : Interview with Erin Malone, October 27, 2002.

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