"Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would permit, rather ungraciously perhaps, the indulgence of a number of carefully selected desires."

-- C. E. M. Joad

#Numbers Quotes #Soul Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.”
“What you really have to know is one: yourself. And the only way you can know that one is in the mirror of the others. And the only way you can see into the mirror of the others is by love or its oppositeâ€”by profound emotion. Certainly not by curiosityâ€”by dancing around asking, looking, making notes. You have to live relationships to know.”
“Fifteen-year-old girls produce children with sixteen-year-old boys in the backseat of cars and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Why can't two loving adults who have contemplated parenthood and are prepared to offer love, patience, and devotion come up with enough chromosomal matter to stick together and create a child?”

Source : "Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption". Book by Scott Simon, 2010.
“I have had the unfortunate experience of having someone write an unauthorised biography of me. Half of it is lies and the other half is badly written. My feeling is that if I'm going to write my life story, I ought to have my life first.”
“I should get the Nobel peace prize - screw Bono.”
“Without question, the balance of power on the planet today lies in the hands of business. Corporations rival governments in wealth, influence, and power. Indeed, business all too often pulls the strings of government. Competing institutions-religion, the press, even the military-play subordinate roles in much of the world today. If a values-driven approach to business can begin to redirect this vast power toward more constructive ends than the simple accumulation of wealth, the human race and Planet Earth will have a fighting chance.”
“A duck tastes the same whether they're shot sitting or flying.”
“The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries.”

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