"A wise old owl once lived in a wood, the more he heard the less he said, the less he said the more he heard, let's emulate that wise old bird."

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Source : Flann O'Brien (2007). “The Complete Novels”, Everyman's Library

Flann O'Brien

#Wise Quotes #Bird Quotes #Owl Quotes

“And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.”
“When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.”
“One is and is not in the centre of the maelstrom of it all.”
“At the beginning God said: "Let there be light," and light was, and light is, and light shall be. So Christianity is rolling on, and it is going to warm all nations, and all nations are to bask in its light. Men may shut the window-blinds so they cannot see it, or they may smoke the pipe of speculation until they are shadowed under their own vaporing; but the Lord God is a sun!”

Source : Thomas De Witt Talmage (1901). “Sin: A Series of Popular Discourses”
“New York is appalling, fantastically charmless and elaborately dire.”
“Why bear malice? Just let it go. So what of pride? It will swallow you whole.”
“Money makes the world go round.”

Source : "Song: "Money, Money" ("Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording")". 1972.
“Writing every day across nine time zones because Gillian [Grassie] was in Berlin, and we were working together via Skype. It was pretty intense. I'm really happy with how it turned out.”

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