"My assumption is that fundamentally the picture of the human animal, as developed by Freud, is largely right."

-- Peter Gay

#Animal Quotes #Assumption Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Great wealth often curses all who touch it.”
“Singing is connected to the body. So there's a - there's a depth in the body that's necessary to perform this kind of music. And a lot of that expression comes from a kinesthetic awareness. And it's - that's one thing that I think people identify with, and of course there's the moment that you're in.”

Source : "For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 25, 2015.
“Nobody hates hipsters more than hipsters.”

Source : "Q&A: Tim and Eric Cash in on Their 'Billion Dollar Movie'". Interview with Max Evry, www.mtv.com. February 29, 2012.
“If you deprive yourself of something, you're going to want it more.”
“There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure; and this is human happiness.”
“The whole plan of extermination was nothing less than a cold blooded, calculated political measure, having for its object the annihilation of a superior element in the population, which might prove troublesome, and to this must be added the motive of greed.”
“You want to fall in love with a shoe, go ahead. A shoe can't love you back, but, on the other hand, a shoe can't hurt you too deeply either. And there are so many nice-looking shoes.”

Source : Allan Sherman (1965). “A gift of laughter: the autobiography of Allan Sherman”
“Unregulated competition is a naive metaphor for anarchy.”

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