"Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk."

-- Shmuel Yosef Agnon

#Men Quotes #Names Quotes #Drunk Quotes

“If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What should I do if someone gets hurt... retire?”
“I have never seen such a perfectly formed animal. Beautiful and graceful like a gazelle, he burned hot and wild with the deserts of Egypt in his soul.”
“Errors are many, truth is unique.”
“the fastest-growing brand of religion is of the magical 'name it and claim it' variety, in which the deity exists only to meet one's immediate, self-identified needs.”
“Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him.”
“The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.”
“Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it!”
“I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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