"Vegetarians have wicked, shifty eyes, and laugh in a cold calculating manner. They pinch little children, steal stamps, drink water, favor beards."

-- J. B. Morton

#Children Quotes #Eye Quotes #Water Quotes

“It's nothing sinister but my private life belongs to me.”
“Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.”
“There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the job of England manager puts you outside the protection of the courts. It must be part of the job description that you will be held hostage by media speculation and can have your character tortured, molested and finally executed at the public whim, in exchange for a lifetime's supply of money.”
“For me, I've been really, really lucky because I have been able to play a lot of different parts.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I originally set out to try and save the world, but now I'm not sure I like it enough.”
“There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.”
“Children are loving, they don't gossip, they don't complain, they're just openhearted. They're ready for you. They don't judge. They don't see things by way of color. They're very child-like. That's the problem with adults: they lose that child-like quality.”
“Like all great rationalists you believed in things that were twice as incredible as theology.”

Source : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books

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