"The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone."

-- Max Muller

#Crush Quotes #Self Quotes #Evil Quotes

“Carbon dioxide does not cause or contribute to smog, and the Kyoto treaty would do nothing to reduce or prevent smog.”
“When I was a child, ladies and gentlemen, I was a dreamer. I read comic books and I was the hero of the comic book. I saw movies and I was the hero in the movie. So every dream I ever dreamed has come true a hundred times...I learned very early in life that: 'Without a song, the day would never end; without a song, a man ain't got a friend; without a song, the road would never bend - without a song.' So I keep singing a song. Goodnight. Thank you.”
“Reason is intelligence taking exercise. Imagination is intelligence with an erection.”
“Remember yourself always and everywhere.”
“Few things are more negative than thinking positive for no reason.”
“I'm never telling the truth again! It gets you hanged and locked out and starved and froze and hated . . .”

Source : Frances Hardinge (2011). “Fly By Night”, p.291, Pan Macmillan
“I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.”

Source : Fanny Burney, Evelina (fict.name.) (1820). “Evelina; or The history of a young lady's introduction to the world [by F. Burney].”, p.45
“The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking”

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