"Although Lewis Carroll thought of The Hunting of the Snark as a nonsense ballad for children, it is hard to imagine - in fact one shudders to imagine - a child of today reading and enjoying it."

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Martin Gardner

#Children Quotes #Reading Quotes #Hunting Quotes

“To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.”

Source : Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.349, Penguin
“If you would grow great and stately, You must try to walk sedately.”
“Europe is not managing its capitalism very well, it is not a good advertisement of capitalism”
“There's more movies now than ever, and competition for the entertainment dollar. These movies aren't recouping the way they used to. These little producers used to make something for a million, and get on a roll. One would finance the next. They crap out eventually, but then they go start a new company. But these guys just aren't getting to first base.”

Source : Source: www.aboutfilm.com
“One time I went into a restroom and a girl followed me in. I signed an autograph for her in the sink. It was pretty funny because she was in a guy's restroom and she wasn't embarrassed at all.”
“In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person's life chances, so we're less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it's much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.”
“I kind of think that he [Prince] was pleased because he allowed [When Doves Cry] to be done.”
“It would be frightening to think that in all the Cosmos, which is so harmonious, so complete and equal to itself, that only human life is happening randomly, that only one's destiny lacks meaning.”

Source : "The Little Book of Romanian Wisdom". Book by Diana Doroftei and Matthew Cross, 2011.

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