"People talking without speaking,/ People listening without hearing...Sounds of Silence."

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Paul Simon

#Talking Quotes #People Quotes #Thought Provoking Quotes

“Be content to seem what you really are.”
“What is unique about Drogheda is the very large number of Protestants in the garrison and the fact that it's commanded, by and large, by Englishmen, who have come over from the English Civil War and are fighting in Ireland, and Cromwell is extraordinarily savage against these... Drogheda, after all, was a Protestant”
“That's the value of a college education... I don't know anywhere in the world where you can make an investment and make that kind of return.”
“Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end.”
“They used to have a smoking section at most airports. No more. They now have these glass-encased rooms. You're not just a smoker, you're an example to other people. You're an exhibit at a futuristic zoo.”
“You spend your time like you spend money. You can waste it or invest it.”
“To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality.”

Source : John Ruskin, John D. Rosenberg (1964). “The Genius of John Ruskin: Selections from His Writings”, p.184, University of Virginia Press
“Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed.”

Source : "Patricia Marx Tells A Tale Of Sweet, Unbalanced Love". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. September 13, 2011.

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