"Another great illusion that woman must ... destroy . .. is the impurity of sex, the realisation in defiance of superstition that there is nothing impure in sex - except in the mental attitude toward it ..."

-- Mina Loy

#Sex Quotes #Attitude Quotes #Superstitions Quotes

“And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.”
“Curran scrutinized Martâ€™s face. â€œI canâ€™t figure out if he wants to kill you or screw you.â€ â€œIâ€™ll be glad to make the choice for him.â€ Curran looked back at me. â€œWhy is it you always attract creeps?â€ â€œYou tell me.â€ Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.”
“Now is our chance to choose the right side. God is holding back to give us that chance. It won't last forever. We must take it or leave it.”
“It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.”
“The weight of the old world is stifling, and trying to shovel its weight off your life is tiring just to think about. The constant shuttling of opinions is tiring, and the shuffling of papers across desks, the chopping of logic and the trimming of attitudes. There must, somewhere, be a simpler, more violent world.”
“Sermons seldom convert sinners; they sometimes goad them into more sin.”

Source : Salvador de Madariaga (1954). “Essays with a Purpose”
“Enforced religion breeds precisely what it most fears: rebellion against religion, cynicism about religion, skepticism about its claims, and, as a consequence, indifference at best or outright antipathy at worst.”

Source : Langdon Gilkey, Langdon Brown Gilkey (1985). “Creationism on Trial: Evolution and God at Little Rock”, p.11, University of Virginia Press
“Most of the people I write about have been ambitious outlanders who have been attracted to New York from other parts of the world.”

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