"Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom."

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Source : Elizabeth Gaskell (2010). “The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books)”, p.2909, BookCaps Study Guides

Elizabeth Gaskell

#Wise Quotes #Wisdom Quotes #Stupid Quotes

“Someone needs to give the Pope thirteen babies. Just for a week or so. See how he likes no birth control then.”
“We had the same doomsday people when we were building the MGM Grand, same people, same doomsday. You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts.”
“He causes huge bodies like sun to proclaim His Majesty through His Names the All-Gracious, Great, reciting: ' O Glorious One, O Great One, O Mighty One', while tiny animate creatures like flies and fish proclaim His Mercy, reciting: 'O Gracious One, O Compassionate One, O Generous One”
“We moved to Ireland when I was two and we settled in Killarney, Co Kerry. Where we were living in Germany is very industrial and very grey and my parents wanted to have countryside around for my sister and I to grow up in.”
“The passion and spontaneity in music is all gone.”

Source : Interview with Art Connor, www.tbolin.com. February 7, 2001.
“One thing I have seen over and over again in life is that there is virtually no correlation between intelligence and common sense. IQ doesn't seem to translate that way.”

Source : Vincent Bugliosi (1998). “No Island of Sanity: Paula Jones V. Bill Clinton : the Supreme Court on Trial”, Ballantine Books
“Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.”
“Everyone thought the acquisition strategy was extremely risky because no one had ever done it successfully. In other words, it was innovative.”

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