"Magic--that's just a label, you know. Completely meaningless. It wasn't so very long ago that people were saying that electricity was magic."

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Source : Robert Bloch (2010). “Psycho: A Novel”, p.88, The Overlook Press

Robert Bloch

#Long Quotes #People Quotes #Magic Quotes

“The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'”
“Here we may mount from this dull Earth, and viewing it from on high, consider whether Nature has laid out all her Cost and Finery upon this small Speck of Dirt.”

Source : Christiaan Huygens (1722). “The Celestial Worlds Discover'd, Or, Conjectures Concerning the Inhabitants, Plants and Productions of the Worlds in the Planets”, p.10
“I am more afraid of doing what is wrong than of dying.”

Source : Philip Doddridge (1831). “The Correspondence and Diary of Philip Doddridge, D. D.: Illustrative of Various Particulars in His Life Hitherto Unknown; with Notices of Many of His Contemporaries; and a Sketch of the Ecclesiastical History of the Times in which He Lived”, p.233
“The Federal Reserve bank buys government bonds without one penny...”
“When I remember thee in days to come, O Jerusalem, it will not be with pleasure. The musty deposits of 2,000 years of inhumanity, intolerance, and uncleanliness lie in the foul-smelling alleys... The amiable dreamer of Nazareth has only contributed to increasing the hatred... What superstition and fanaticism on every side!”
“Anytime there is a struggle between doing what is actually right and doing what seems right, then your ego is interfering with your decision.”
“It's really hard to have a fair discussion when you're faced with militarism, aggression, and greed. The militarists do not want dialogue. They want what they want. They're psychotic. They're greedy, they're narcissistic, and they're dangerous.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Open the pod bay doors, Hal.”

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