"There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument."

-- Thomas Browne

#Life Quotes #Sound Quotes #Silent Quotes

“Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.”

Source : "Honor Sacrifice by Supporting Vets" by Jennifer M. Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 26, 2012.
“I am a great believer in variations on the routine.”
“I'm not an ambulance chaser. I'm usually there before the ambulance.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People who disagree with His Excellency, the President for Life and 'Chief of Chiefs,' are frequently found to be the victims of car crashes (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or dead in their beds of heart attacks (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or the recipients of some not-quite-fresh seafood (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets).”

Source : Alexandra Fuller (2002). “Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood”, p.215, Random House
“I wish you health, and more than wealth, I wish you love”

Source : Song: I Wish You Love
“The evil genius of terrorism is that that maximizes unfamiliarity, imaginability, suffering, scale of destruction, unfairness. It's really important to understand why terrorism is so frightening because it is a psychological war and until you understand it and try to reduce the dread, until then you become like a force multiplier for the terrorists inadvertently because you'll tend to overreact to terrorist attacks because the dread factor is so high.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. Why does he kill these 22 people? If they say, What difference does it make? I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.”
“Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.”

Source : "Histories" by Polybius, book X, ch. 31,

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