"Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt."

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Source : Orlando Aloysius Battista (1981). “Quotoons: a speaker's dictionary”, Perigee

Orlando Aloysius Battista

#Lightning Quotes #Ability Quotes #Tact Quotes

“I make no special difference between architecture and design, they are two different stages of invention.”

Source : Barbara Radice, Ettore Sottsass (1993). “Ettore Sottsass: A Critical Biography”, Rizzoli International Publications
“If you're curious, you'll probably be a good journalist because we follow our curiosity like cats.”
“Something as radical as a war can only be understood (if at all) through the collaboration of journalists, academia, artists and, of course, people.”
“Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists; this proves a great deal about both parties concerned.”
“I'm sort of killing two birds with one stone here, getting to write for 'True Blood' and being able to put myself in a comic at the same time.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Michael McMillian On 'True Blood' Comics, TV Crossovers, And Steve Newlin's Return". Interview with Rick Marshall, www.mtv.com. December 27, 2010.
“Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is the nature of stone to be satisfied. It is the nature of water to want to be somewhere else.”
“Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.”

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