"If our highly pointed triangles of the soldier class are formidable, it may be readily inferred that far more formidable are our women. For if a soldier is a wedge, a women is a needle; being, so to speak, all point, at least at the two extremities. Add to this the power of making herself practically invisible at will, and you will perceive that a female, in Flatland, is a creature by no means to be trifled with."

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Source : Edwin A. Abbott (2017). “Flatland”, p.17, BookRix

Edwin A. Abbott

#Mean Quotes #Class Quotes #Two Quotes

“Pepperidge Farm bread. That's fancy bread. You can tell it's fancy because it's wrapped twice. You open it, and it still isn't open. That's why I don't buy it. I don't need another step between me and toast.”
“All creatures are united to God alone in an immediate union. They depend essentially and directly upon Him. Being all alike equally impotent, they cannot be in reciprocal dependence upon one another.”

Source : Nicolas Malebranche (2014). “Dialogues on Metaphysics”, p.194, Routledge
“Sexuality throws no light upon love, but only through love can we learn to understand sexuality.”

Source : Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1988). “Life Lines: Quotations from the Work of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy”, p.12, Argo Books
“The people talking on their cell phone and following GPS instructions to where grandma's house is saying I don't need space - excuse me, that's how you know where grandma lives, and when to make the left turn.”
“My granddad wanted to become a sign painter and designer, but was stopped; my dad would have had a real talent for language, but was stopped. When I expressed a desire to become a graphic designer, I was not stopped.”
“If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for, but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.”
“Life, in all ranks and situations, is an outward occupation, an actual and active work.”
“I'm not really a big Springsteen guy. I'll listen to the music, but ... I didn't really get attached to it as much as, like, country artists. That's really who I listen to.”

Source : "Answer Man: Mike Trout talks robbing home runs, MVP, endorsements, nicknames and fish". Interview with David Brown, sports.yahoo.com. September 21, 2012.

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