"Gardening is not a rational act. What matters is the immersion of the hands in the earth, that ancient ceremony of which the Pope kissingthe tarmac is merely a pallid vestigial remnant."

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Margaret Atwood

#What Matters Quotes #Hands Quotes #Gardening Quotes

“Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.”
“Oh, I don't talk about God.”

Source : "Shepard Smith: What I've Learned (with Video!)" by Mark Warren, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2008.
“Evolution was Vladimir Ilich Lenin's problem. Lenin lead the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 and took over Russia. He killed the Zar [ sic ] and his family in cold blood. There would not be communism in Russia today if had not been for Charles Darwin's book on evolution.”
“Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.”

Source : Song: Pink Houses
“Death comes along like a gas bill one can't payand that's all one can sayabout it.”
“The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas which it connects.”
“Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait.”
“My life, my career has been like a roller coaster. I've either been an enormous success or just a down-and-out failure.”

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