"An Englishman thinks a hundred miles is a long way; and American thinks a hundred years is a long time"

-- Diana Gabaldon

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Long Quotes

“Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!”
“In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.”
“What you hold in your hand is proof of man's power - against which our strength means nothing. It has the force of 100 spears. I warn you, man's ingenuity goes hand-in-hand with their cruelty. No creature is as devious or violent.”
“I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed.”
“There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if there were no exceptions, no sunny days, no acts of random kindness.”

Source : T.C. Boyle (1996). “The Tortilla Curtain”, p.147, Penguin
“You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false.”

Source : Charles Olson (1979). “Muthologos: the collected lectures & interviews”
“Travel, which is like a greater and a graver science, brings us back to ourselves.”
“One writes not by will but by surrender.”

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