"A professional is one who believes he has invented breathing."

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Source : Peter Porter (1970). “The last of England”, Not Avail

Peter Porter

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“The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.”

Source : Said to Leon Goldensohn, March 3, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
“The criminal law has, from the point of view of thwarted virtue, the merit of allowing an outlet for those impulses of aggression which cowardice, disguised as morality, restrains in their more spontaneous forms. War has the same merit. You must not kill you neighbor, whom perhaps you genuinely hate, but by a little propaganda this hate can be transferred to some foreign nation, against whom all your murderous impulses become patriotic heroism.”
“A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.”
“Well, I'm not here to live up to anyone else's expectations-I'm here to live up to mine.”
“So I think instead of focusing on the competition, focus on the customer.”

Source : Interview with Michael J. Miller, www.pcmag.com. November 18, 2003.
“I wouldn't be surprised if one day Carl's halo slipped and choked him.”
“Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly....As a scientist I remain skeptical.”

Source : "Buying the Vacant Illinois Senate Seat?" by Brit Hume, www.foxnews.com. December 10, 2008.
“He who is honest in his dealings simply because of the social prestige and position it secures will never develop his higher nature, but will always live along the lower lines.”

Source : David Josiah Brewer (1905). “The United States a Christian Nation”

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