"Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution."

-- Louisa May Alcott

#Constitution Quotes #Elegance Quotes

“If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.”

Source : Charles Sturt (1834). “Two expeditions into the interior of Southern Australia: during the years 1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831 with observations on ... New South Wales”, p.34
“Timidity puts obstacles in your path, boldness eliminates them.”
“Damnation seize my soul if I give you quarters, or take any from you.”
“The odds are six to five that the light in the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.”

Source : Washingtonian November 1978
“A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.”
“Anthony raised his red plastic cup to me and shouted something, but it was too hard to hear over the music. â€œWhat?â€ I called back. â€œYou look great!â€ A goofy smile was plastered on his face. â€œOh boy,â€ Vee said. â€œNot just a pimp, but a smashed pimp.â€ â€œSo maybe heâ€™s a little drunk.â€ â€œDrunk and hoping to corner you alone in a bedroom upstairs.â€ Ugh.”
“The idea of a rock band to me is the ultimate in subversion, in leading the charge to revolution. My fave part of music is that it cuts to the chase and goes right to the id.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“In any bureaucracy, the people devoted to the benefit of the bureaucracy itself always get in control, and those dedicated to the goals the bureaucracy is supposed to accomplish have less and less influence, and sometimes are eliminated entirely.[Pournelle's law of Bureaucracy]”

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