"The future bears a resemblance to the past, only more so."

-- Faith Popcorn

#Past Quotes #Bears Quotes #Resemblance Quotes

“The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money.”
“The spirit of Jane Eyre looms over Once Upon a Day. Lisa Tucker keeps the plot of this gothic novel bubbling with tons of juicy family secrets.”
“An hour's history of two minds is well told in a game of chess.”
“We can no longer communicate with the apes by direct language, nor can we understand, without special study, their modes of communication which we have long since replaced by more elaborate forms. But it is at least presumable that they could still detect in our speech, at least when it is public and elaborate, the underlying tone values with which it began. Thus if we could take a gibbon ape to a college public lecture, he would not understand it, but he would "get a good deal of it." This is all the students get anyway.”
“Trail dust is thicker'n blood.”
“December is the toughest month of the year. Others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, October, August, and February.”
“The show is coming from the music. I get on the stage with the band, and I communicate with my musicians, and the music that we create and all that is coming out of us. The music is making the show and the music is creating the atmosphere, so if you close your eyes and listen and feel what it is that's coming out of the speakers, that's the whole point.”
“You've only got to be in public life for about a week before you start to question if the newspapers are even giving you today's date with any accuracy!”

Source : Jonathan Lynn, Antony Jay (1988). “The complete Yes, Minister: the diaries of a cabinet minister”, HarperCollins

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