"For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation."

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James Boswell

#Thinking Quotes #May Quotes #Innocent Quotes

“If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you're criticizing God.”
“An algorithm is like a recipe.”

Source : "Len Testa and the math behind your theme park vacation". Interview with Sophie Brown, www.wired.com. November 14, 2012.
“Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.”
“...But also because I find I really doâ€¦" He paused, as if he were about to say something outrageous. "I find I have feelings for you." "Oh," I said into his chest, sounding as astonished as Eric had(...)"Eric," I said, after a long pause, "I almost hate to say this, but I have feelings for you, too.”
“Within legal enforcement of "morality," there is no sense of how to morally, ethically, or fairly help people live safer lives. It's all about banishment or punishment or forced destitution - all of which creates more desperation, and more social risk-taking by people in moments of crisis.”
“My mom wasn't, like, she was reading all these historical romance novels the majority of the time. She read a feminist book and then my dad would sit down and explain it to her like she was an idiot.”
“I'd have to say Steven Gerrard has been the biggest influence in my career so far. I watched him when I was younger and then to go and play and train with him every day is massive for me, and still is now.”
“Grey has no agenda. . . . Grey has the ability, that no other colour has, to make the invisible visible.”

Source : Roma Tearne (2008). “Mosquito”, Europa Editions Incorporated

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