"We don't use the term 'working class' here because it's a taboo term. You're supposed to say 'middle class,' because it helps diminish the understanding that there's a class war going on."

-- Noam Chomsky

#War Quotes #Class Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“One of the things I think you need to be a good emcee is silliness. And I'm basically a silly guy.”
“If you are obsessively active, please at least pause to ask yourself why and to listen for the answer from the still, quiet voice alive and well within you. I don't have an answer for the hurry sickness afflicting our society and our souls. But I do trust that the how-to-stop-it is within you, and you can change your pace if you want to.”
“The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike”

Source : Doctor Faustus act 5, sc. 2 (1604)
“Peaches grow wild, and pigs can live in clover; A barrel of salted herrings lasts a year; The spring begins before the winter's over.”

Source : Elinor Wylie, Evelyn Helmick Hively (2005). “Selected Works of Elinor Wylie”, p.17, Kent State University Press
“If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.”
“Imperceptibly, more time passes when I'm not remembering our every moment together, not recreating our every conversation, re-imagining our love-making. It is immeasurably sad.”

Source : Luke Davies (2002). “Isabelle the Navigator”, p.85, Penguin
“When I did some Nascar races this year I noticed that I was increasingly missing the racing side, to race against each other, because in rallying you really race against the clock.”
“I would willingly stand at street corners, hat in hand, begging passerby to drop their unused minutes into it.”

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