"What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite artfulness, the red wine of Shiraz into urine?"

-- Isak Dinesen

#Wine Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Men Quotes

“Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate gifts, and to have these gifts approved, acknowledged, and confirmed. There are countless people in the West whose efforts are sadly wasted because they have no means of expressing their unique genius. In the psyches of such people there is an inner power and authority that fails to shine because the world around them is blind to it.”

Source : Malidoma Patrice Somé (1999). “The healing wisdom of Africa: finding life purpose through nature, ritual, and community”, J P Tarcher
“We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.”
“We feel pretty comfortable making music but beyond that there have been other things to take into account, including promotion, marketing, airplay.”

Source : Source: www.billboard.com
“Listening is not a skill; it is a discipline.”
“God, how patient are Thy poor! These corporations and masters of manipulation in finance heaping up great fortunes by a system of legalized extortion, and then exacting from the contributors-to whom a little means so much-a double share to guard the treasure!”

Source : "American Political Rhetoric: Essential Speeches and Writings on Founding Principles and Contemporary Controversies" by Peter Augustine Lawler, The Danger Threatening Representative Government (1897), August 16, 2010.
“Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise.”

Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.7, Cosimo, Inc.
“I was a precocious child.”
“No religion knows the truth. Only he or she who lives it knows.”

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