"Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy."

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Richard Le Gallienne

#Romance Quotes #Emergencies Quotes #Toys Quotes

“Purists behave as if there was a vintage year when language achieved a measure of excellence which we should all strive to maintain. In fact, there was never such a year. The language of Chaucer's or Shakespeare's time was no better and no worse than that of our own - just different.”

Source : Jean Aitchison (2013). “Language Change: Progress Or Decay?”, p.14, Cambridge University Press
“I opened-up a yogurt, underneath the lid it said, "Please try again." because they were having a contest that I was unaware of. I thought maybe I opened the yogurt wrong. ...Or maybe Yoplait was trying to inspire me... "Come on Mitchell, don't give up!" An inspirational message from your friends at Yoplait, fruit on the bottom, hope on top.”
“The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.”
“Love is rebellious bird that nobody can tame, and it's all in vain to call it if it chooses to refuse.”
“Silently, like thoughts that come and go, the snowflakes fall, each one a gem.”
“If I have any claim to originality, I do it by investing my own personality into it, so it's coming from a slightly more sardonic, English point of view.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“If there is a 50-50 chance that something can go wrong, then 9 times out of ten it will.”

Source : Paul Harvey News, 1979
“Look, there's no denying that comics have moved dramatically into the mainstream in North American culture in the last 10 years, and for someone like me who's always tried to make a living at it, it's been great, I'm very grateful for it. But at the same time, it's not a subculture-y thing anymore; it's something that's in the New York Times and the New Yorker.”

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