"A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself."

-- George Crabbe

#Hurt Quotes #Fear Quotes #Lying Quotes

“32 grams raw, chop it in half, get 16. Double it times three, we got 48. Which mean a whole lot of cream. Divide the profit by four. Subtract it by eight. We back to 16.”
“You never really hear the truth from your subordinates until after 10 in the evening.”
“Anyone who still feels today that he has to lead a double life because he's gay is driven by a fear that I think is unfounded.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“Expel the object!" Freak shouts. "Regurgitate, you big moron!" and he gives me another thump and I cough up this yucky mess, but I'm still laughing so hard my nose is running.”

Source : Rodman Philbrick (2015). “Freak the Mighty”, p.20, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“To understand our own thinking is to understand all thinking.”
“Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new forms.”
“I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.”

Source : "Stats Geek Bill James Applies His Science to Serial Killers" by Brian Raftery, www.wired.com. April 04, 2011.
“Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus.”

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