"Our whole life is like a play."

-- Ben Jonson

#Life Quotes #Play Quotes #Life Is Like Quotes

“My childhood memories seem to be wreathed in the twin and far from harmonious olfactory sensations of patchouli oil and caustic soda.”
“I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?”
“Usually, you do a shakeup because you know that you have a problem or you gaps and you're going to fill those gaps.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.”

Source : Lecture notes 1899-1902, in R. H. Bacon Life of Lord Fisher (1929) vol. 1, ch. 7
“Old stories often turn out to be true.”

Source : Arthur Machen (2013). “Delphi Collected Works of Arthur Machen (Illustrated)”, p.1201, Delphi Classics
“So much of the trouble is because I am a woman. To me it seems a very terrible thing to be a woman. There is one crown which perhaps is worth it all--a great love, a quiet home, and children. We all know that is all that is worthwhile, and yet we must peg away, showing off our wares on the market if we have money, or manufacturing careers for ourselves if we haven't.”
“Ideals we do not make. We discover, not invent, them.”
“I do feel I was overshadowed by some of those guys (who took steroids) . . . I had a diminished-skills clause written in after I hit 29 home runs and drove in 92 RBIs, and I think those (steroid-aided home run hitters) are partly to blame.”

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