"Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain."

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Source : James Geary (2011). “The World in a Phrase”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

James Geary

#Light Quotes #Hands Quotes #Brain Quotes

“The basic meaning of etiquette is to be quick at both the beginning and end and tranquil in the middle.”
“Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth.”
“It is our duty to be faithful, not with eye service as men pleasers.”

Source : Jupiter Hammon, Stanley Austin Ransom (1983). “America's first Negro poet: the complete works of Jupiter Hammon of Long Island”, Associated Faculty Pr Inc
“I was desperate to go back to New York and when 9/11 happened, I feared moving to the bulls-eye and that was very hard because I have a lot of family there and I really had to question what I didn't like about this community”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The gun is not out of Irish politics.”
“Cripple God, who always desires more than he's able to have, and doesn't always realize this to begin with. Who has built clocks, but not the time that they measure. Has built systems or mechanisms that serve particular purposes, but they too have outgrown these purposes and betrayed them. And has created an infinity that, from being the measure of the power he was supposed to have, turned into the measure of his boundless failure.”
“How you manage change can make all the difference.”
“What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.”

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