"Laughter is the climax in the tragedy of seeing, hearing and smelling self-consciously."

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Source : "Inferior Religions" by Wyndham Lewis, 1917.

Wyndham Lewis

#Laughter Quotes #Self Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“The intellectual and social climate needed to allow entrepreneurship to thrive will not exist in advanced capitalism.”
“I have long held an opinion, almost amounting to conviction, in common I believe with many other lovers of natural knowledge, that the various forms under which the forces of matter are made manifest have one common origin; or, in other words, are so directly related and mutually dependent, that they are convertible, as it were, one into another, and possess equivalents of power in their action.”
“So say it loud and let it ring We are all a part of everything The future, present and the past Fly on proud bird You're free at last”
“People who got on their feet and freaked about were called idiot dancers. and nobody wants to be called an idiot dancer. But the whole idea of rock and roll is to get people off their arses - that's what it's about.”
“Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.”

Source : Max Brooks (2006). “World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War”, p.166, Broadway Books
“The pure connecting factor is that those of us who describe ourselves as feminists want equal rights for all people.”
“I did a whole concert in Atlanta with my fly open, and I had a black suit on and a white shirt. My white shirt was protruding from the fly.”
“We donâ€™t exhaust the Bible even after reading it hundreds of times. Each time we read it we see it in a new light. That is the greatness of the holy scriptures. They are that way because they were created by holy prophets who experienced the truth. Each time we read these works we elevate ourselves to see a little more. (81)”

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