"Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience."

-- Paul Fussell

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“Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus.”
“I was always pretty broad. I've had a couple bad experiences. One time, I showed up late for a gig in Brooklyn at an Italian restaurant. I ran on stage, did my show, and then some guy in the audience threatened to kill me because he didn't like my joke. Instead of talking to him, I just ran off stage. And then, because I was late, the owner of the restaurant threatened to kill me. And I was 19 years old and so scared that I almost started crying. But, I've done every gig you can imagine, in every state.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“We have a lowest-common-denominator Christianity being taught in so many denominations that has produced a people who simply do not know some of the most basic Christian truths.”
“I keep all of my letters, postcards, and thank you notes. I'll keep them forever!”

Source : "10 Questions: Jane Levy". Interview with Yale Breslin, www.elle.com. July 3, 2012.
“People are so different in reality from the picture created of them on TV. So it's all a creation; everything is made up.”
“Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”
“In the late-'80s, there was a big push to make American football big in Scotland. The Super Bowl was on TV, but it didn't really catch on. When I was a kid, though, I became a big Miami Dolphins fan. I don't really know why - I just liked the logo, I guess. I didn't really know what was going on.”

Source : "Today" Interview, www.today.com. Ocotber 1, 2007.
“You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal.”

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