"A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect."

-- Bryant H. McGill

#Rude Quotes #Enemy Quotes #Literature Quotes

“The Servant who really studies his Master gradually becomes like his master; gradually learns that he himself is the one who in the end does all the work and has all the power.”

Source : Don Cupitt (2010). “Theology's Strange Return”, p.86, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”
“I think, apart from Sir Garfield Sobers nobody else has played 20 years in international cricket and 20 years playing at the very highest level and to the very highest standard is an achievement beyond compare.”
“The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing.”

Source : William Falconer (2012). “Falconers Marine Dictionary (1780)”, p.131, BoD – Books on Demand
“It's like, are you kidding me? I'd sell way more if I just put a picture of my face. That's the fact. I'd sell more copies of me just looking cute. That's what sells more. That's what sells at Wal-Mart. Not someone in a bathtub looking like they're about to kill someone. Topless.”

Source : "Q&A: Sky Ferreira Opens Up About Her Tumultuous Year And Long-Delayed Debut Album". Interview with T. Cole Rachel, www.stereogum.com. October 16, 2013.
“Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing. That's what scientists do every day. If a scientist already knew what they were doing, they wouldn't be discovering anything, because they already knew what they were doing.”
“In our country, learned ignorance is on the rise.”
“Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues it can begin to feel commonplace and eventually acceptable.”

Source : Alan Cumming (2014). “Not My Father's Son: A Family Memoir”, p.247, Canongate Books

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