"OK," Josh said evenly, "I've seen men made of mud, I guess I can accept spying rats. Do they talk?" he wondered aloud. Don't be ridiculous," Flamel snapped, "They're rats." Josh really didn't think it was a ridiculous suggestion."

-- Michael Scott

#Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Rats Quotes

“The only way anyone knows which girl I'm with is if a one-night stand goes on 'Howard Stern.'”
“I met a young woman the other day, and she said, what advice would you have for a writer, and I said it would be to work every day... Your job is to write. The rest of it will take care of itself. But, generally, it seems ... you know how that is, you meet people and they have a talent for self-promotion. Those are the pushy people. And you know their writing's not going to be any good, because that's not their talent.”
“Will nodded toward Hadrian. â€œLook at the swords heâ€™s carrying. A man wearing oneâ€”maybe he knows how to use it, maybe not. A man carries twoâ€”he probably donâ€™t know nothing about swords, but he wants you to think he does. But a man carrying three swordsâ€”thatâ€™s a lot of weight. No oneâ€™s gonna haul that much steel around unless he makes a living using them.”
“You put something you like on really loud, and you feel godlike.”
“Charity, if you have the means, is a personal choice, but charity which is expected or compelled is simply a polite word for slavery.”
“After the events of last week, I'm appalled at the standard Australia seems to be willing to accept in regards to its own behaviour and the behaviour of our leaders. Accuse me of playing the gender card all you like, but I will not walk past it any more. You might consider joining me.”
“Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population.”
“What is important is not that you have a defeat but how you react to it. There is always the possibility to transform a defeat into something else, something new, something strong. All the good stories, all the people we remember are the ones who do this, who make victories out of their failures. Because the victories teach nothing. The victories are not useful. They are often dangerous.”

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