"Those who give up cigarette smoking aren't the heroes. The real heroes are the rest of us - who have to listen to them."

-- Hal Boyle

#Giving Up Quotes #Real Quotes #Hero Quotes

“During the Qin Dynasty, all books not relating to practical concerns such as agriculture or construction were ordered burned by the emperor to guard against "dangerous thought." Whether accounts of zombie attacks perished in the flames will never be known. This obscure section of a medical manuscript, preserved in the wall of an executed Chinese scholar, might be proof of such attacks.”
“Single guys get a bad rap.”
“It is for truth that God created genius.”
“Knowledge, to become Wisdom, needs Judgment.”
“I guess if I'm a product, either you're chocolate, you're vanilla or you're butterscotch. You can't be all three.”
“What would be a show that I would rescue? If I could bring anything back, it would be 'The Carol Burnett Show'. Tim Conway is just... I just watched him so many times do stuff over and over. He's just so amazing.”
“The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.”

Source : Boris Sidis (1917). “Philistine and Genius”
“It doesn't matter that the way of life shown by Hollywood was phony. It helped you hope.”

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