"... giving up alcohol or cigarettes is a lead-pipe cinch compared to the renunciation of complacence by a former (self-appointed) elite."

-- Margaret Halsey

#Giving Up Quotes #Self Quotes #Alcohol Quotes

“In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative for those who would not bend the knee, or turn a blind eye to oppression, or for those who wanted a national republic.”

Source : Gerry Adams (2007). “An Irish Eye”, Brandon Books
“As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.”

Source : Louis Bromfield (1946). “A Few Brass Tacks”
“In America the biggest is the best.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You can't solve a problem as complex as inequality in one legal clause.”
“The problem with art is, it's not like the game of golf where you put the ball in the hole. There's no umpire; there's no judge. There are no rules. It's one of its problems. But it's also one of the great things about art. It becomes a question of what lasts.”

Source : Rosetta Brooks, Richard Prince, Jeffrey Rian, Luc Sante (2003). “Richard Prince”, Phaidon Press
“[Though computer science is a fairly new discipline, it is predominantly based on the Cartesian world view. As Edsgar W. Dijkstra has pointed out] A scientific discipline emerges with the - usually rather slow! - discovery of which aspects can be meaningfully 'studied in isolation for the sake of their own consistency.”
“Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs. Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.”
“I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.”

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