"There are two kinds of statistics, the kind you look up and the kind you make up."

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Source : Death of a Doxy Ch. 9

Rex Stout

#Work Quotes #Humorous Quotes #Science Quotes

“There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.”
“Good timber does not grow with ease: The stronger wind, the stronger trees; The further sky, the greater length; The more the storm, the more the strength. By sun and cold, by rain and snow, In trees and men good timbers grow.”
“The Holy Scriptures are that divine instrument by which we are taught what to believe, concerning God, ourselves, and all things, and how to please God unto eternal life.”
“The little things that made up the fabric of the first six years of my life were suddenly ripped away, and I didn't have anyone around me who loved me. Not one single person.”
“All that stock of arguments [the skeptics] produce to depreciate our faculties, and make mankind appear ignorant and low, are drawn principally from this head, to wit, that we are under an invincible blindness as to the true and real nature of things.”
“[She] was made up of skin and bones and hate and crazy, and hate and crazy don't weigh anything.”
“I do not go outdoors. Not more than I have to. As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.”
“I have no contracts with my clients; just a handshake is enough.”

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