"People never want to be told anything they do not believe already."

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Source : James Branch Cabell (2001). “The Cream of the Jest”, p.72, Wildside Press LLC

James Branch Cabell

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Want Quotes

“Id love to work in the States; Id love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play. But I do love British film as well.”
“I had learned to respect the intelligence, integrity, creativity and capacity for deep thought and hard work latent somewhere in every child. they had learned that I differed from them only in years and experience, and that as I, an ordinary human being, loved and respected them, I expected payment in kind.”
“The way you see things depends a great deal on where you look at them from.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.96, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.”
“My brother and I are best friends.”
“I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments.”
“If one wishes to form a true estimate of the full grandeur of religion, one must keep in mind what it undertakes to do for men. It gives them information about the source and origin of the universe, it assures them of protection and final happiness, and it guides - by - precepts - backed by the full force of its authority.”
“[Using humor to explore serious issues] disarms people. It's a way in. It's gentle, but at the same time it's subversive, and I like that duality.”

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