"Yet man does recognise himself [as an animal]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man and ape which conforms to the principles of natural history, I certainly know of none... If I were to call man ape or vice versa, I should bring down all the theologians on my head. But perhaps I should still do it according to the rules of science."

-- Carl Linnaeus

#Animal Quotes #Men Quotes #Vices Quotes

“When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.”
“If I was gay, I would be the best gay of all history.”

Source : "LiLo to lose clothes for new flick" by Ree Hines, www.today.com. April 11, 2008.
“But homosexuality is a combat divider, dividing one's reason to live while taking breaks on the combat field to change diapers all because their treacherous sin causes them to lose control of their bowels.”
“[Barack] Obama, for example, he has not given up on cap-and-trade. Now, he has not been able to pass cap-and-trade, but cap-and-trade is all about redistribution of wealth in a global basis - taking money out of this country and giving it to third-world countries on the other end of the ocean. And that is redistribution of wealth in a global basis. It's fundamental Marxism.”
“I sleep - laying down, not on the ceiling. Nothing about my life is crazy. I fly a lot, I travel a lot. I eat and sleep like everyone else.”
“When a man dies, his secrets bond like crystals, like frost on a window. His last breath obscures the glass.”
“You must never actually cheat the customer, even if you can. You must make her happy and satisfied, so she will come back.”
“The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage.”

Source : Florence L. Barclay (2012). “The Rosary”, p.168, The Floating Press

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