"The literary gift is a mere accident - is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied to strenuous sages."

-- Max Beerbohm

#Sage Quotes #Hearing Quotes #Idiot Quotes

“I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play.”
“I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.”
“My mother always told me I had to do 100 times better than a man. I had to work hard at maths, and learn four languages.”
“It was roses, roses, all the way, With myrtle mixed in my path like mad.”
“Among all the kinds of serpents, there is none comparable to the Dragon.”
“I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.”
“She's descended from a long line her mother listened to.”
“If the roof caves in and the tenants are sitting in the debris, they will laugh like hell. They will endure any hardship as long as it means trouble for the landlord.”

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