"The primitive sign of wanting is trying to get...."

-- G. E. M. Anscombe

#Knowledge Quotes #Mind Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Everything's funny - in the right context and done by the right person.”

Source : "Chris Rock On Standup, Sellouts And Defining Success". Interview with Audie Cornish, keranews.org. December 05, 2014.
“I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“When the basic structure of society is publicly known to satisfy its principles for an extended period of time, those subject to these arrangements tend to develop a desire to act in accordance with these principles and to do their part in institutions which exemplify them”
“Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family.”
“We might think of dollars as being 'certificates of performance.' The better I serve my fellow man, and the higher the value he places on that service, the more certificates of performance he gives me. The more certificates I earn, the greater my claim on the goods my fellow man produces. That's the morality of the market. In order for one to have a claim on what his fellow man produces, he must first serve him.”
“We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.”
“I started drawing comics, and at first I was very influenced by the whole pop art movement, you know, Batman was on TV and all that pop art stuff? But then my next influence was in 1966, or maybe it was '65, I don't know. Somebody showed me a copy of the "East Village Other", which was an underground newspaper.And... it had comics in it! And they weren't superhero comics.”

Source : Interview with Kyrax2, comicsbulletin.com. May 7, 2012.
“I love whiskey and haggis. I can't get enough of either.”

Source : "Today" Interview, www.today.com. Ocotber 1, 2007.

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