"Every old man that dies is a library that burns."

--

Amadou Hampate Ba

#Men Quotes #Library Quotes #Old Man Quotes

“Help me, O Lord, that my hands may be merciful and filled with good deeds, so that I may do only good to my neighbors.”
“Men are what their mothers made them.”
“I got addicted. News, particularly daily news, is more addictive than crack cocaine, more addictive than heroin, more addictive than cigarettes.”

Source : "Inside Story: the Wit and Wisdom of Dan Rather". www.independent.co.uk. November 29, 2004.
“...When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occassional cheese dip.”
“...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first Caliphs are mythical figures.”
“Look at guys like Larry Bird and George Brett and John McEnroe; that's what they did in their careers. They all wanted to be the guy under the microscope late in the game or late in the match. So you just take on that know-how that that's part of your responsibility, and you learn that's what makes it exciting. That's what makes it fun!”
“I don't feel isolated on a film set. In a way you do because you don't really mix with the outside world; you're just sort of working non-stop for a few months, but you've got so many people around you.”
“If Blake said that, said Father Brian, he never lived in Dublin.”

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