"An aphorism is a generalization of sorts, and our present-day writers seem more at home with the particular."

-- Anatole Broyard

#Home Quotes #Aphorism Quotes #Particular Quotes

“Just a rock, a dome of snow, the deep blue sky, and a hunk of orange-painted metal from which a shredded American flag cracked in the wind. Nothing more. Except two tiny figures walking together those last few feet to the top of the Earth.”

Source : Peter Potterfield, Tom Hornbein (2003). “Everest”, p.141, The Mountaineers Books
“I'm definitely hesitant wearing shorts during the summer. Like for a pale person, you know, summer - everyone in the world is so excited for summer, but pale people, we're just like, oh no.”
“I didn't want to see George Hamilton playing me, I wanted the real thing.”
“I thought to myself, there's a man who gave up his life to serve others - to touch people in that way is probably the greatest thing you can do as a human being.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.”
“Let us live as people who are prepared to die, and die as people who are prepared to live.”
“Do you think the Roman soldiers thought he was the Son of God or just some goofball who got nailed to the cross? In 2000 years, we've probably made somebody who is the equivalent of Elvis into God, so I see no reason why not to believe that in 2000 years Elvis will be God.”
“In its own way the kiss had been an act of murder.”

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