"Believe me, the so-called primitive races who worshipped animals as gods were not so daft as people choose to pretend. At least they were humble. Why should not God have come to the earth as an earth-worm? There are a great many more worms than men, and they do a great deal more good."

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Source : T.H. White (2012). “The Book of Merlyn: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future King”, p.30, University of Texas Press

T. H. White

#Believe Quotes #Humble Quotes #Animal Quotes

“You grow up Latin in this country and you're a third class citizen from the word go, and so you have to deal with everything around you from that point of view and trying to feel entitled.”

Source : "John Leguizamo: 'Freak,' and proud of it". edition.cnn.com. November 2, 1998.
“Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.”
“You have those who have been living and breathing Buckminster Fuller ever since he converted them to his cult and to be honest, I'm really not interested in that audience at all. I think that they're going to die out soon enough.”
“And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at showing the desolation and the poverty, to show something beautiful for somebody as well.”
“And that singular anomaly, the lady novelist-- I don't think she'd be missed--I'm sure she'd not be missed!”
“What is good for the bad, and what is bad for the good.”
“Access to the national dividend is usually to be had only on condition of some productive service previously rendered or of some product previously sold. This condition is, in this case, not yet fulfilled. It will be fulfilled only after the successful completion of the new combinations. Hence this credit will in the meantime affect the price level.”
“When I'm in the car sometimes it's like, 'Yeah, man, just put on the pop music.' You know what I mean? I don't want to listen to Tom Waits.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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