"Almost always tradition is nothing but a record and a machine-made imitation of the habits that our ancestors created. The average conservative is a slave to the most incidental and trivial part of his forefathers glory - to the archaic formula which happened to express their genius or the eighteenth-century contrivance by which for a time it was served."

-- Walter Lippmann

#Average Quotes #Genius Quotes #Machines Quotes

“A picture that is ghostly and silent can be more eloquent and less clichéd than a noisier photo-journalistic approach and I have attempted to make pictures that whilst they are not documentary in the traditional sense, they are still documents, like forensic traces.”
“We knew it was going to be the biggest event scheduled in the history of women's sports, but we didn't ever fathom we would be playing before sold-out stadiums all over the country.”
“The truth, as the light, makes blind.”
“When your hands leap towards mine, love, what do they bring me in flight?”
“Man, he wasn't going to need a stress test anytime soon. If his heart could get through a kiss from her, he could probably run a marathon. While dragging a car behind him. Sideways to the road.”
“My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.”
“Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.”

Source : Carol Berg (2008). “Breath and Bone”, p.170, Penguin
“SpongeBob is a good role model as far as imaginary creatures go. He works hard and his emotional highs are very high, he's either giddy or utterly devastating and crying like a lawnsprinkler... SpongeBob is bipolar.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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