"A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool."

-- Philibert Joseph Roux

#Men Quotes #Hands Quotes #Fool Quotes

“But rules cannot substitute for character.”
“people like to keep their little secrets to themselves. It's like growing mushrooms in the cellar and running down to take a look at them now and then.”

Source : Marjorie Kellogg (1968). “Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon”
“I always wanted to be a hairdresser.”
“The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny of [humanity] as a whole and in the destiny of their city in particular; for their acts in which freedom was united with destiny have contributed to the destiny in which they participate. They are guilty, not of committing the crimes of which their group is accused, but of contributing to the destiny in which these crimes happened.”
“If a shadow is a two-dimensional projection of the three-dimensional world, then the three-dimensional world as we know it is the projection of the four-dimensional Universe.”
“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”
“But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did , I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god.”
“Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.”

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