"Dullard: Someone who looks up a thing in the encyclopedia, turns directly to the entry, reads it, and then closes the book."

-- Philip Jose Farmer

#Book Quotes #Stupidity Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We own our movie and are now close to breaking even, even without finishing domestic DVD deals.”
“He seems faster too me. He could get seven to 10 yards in a pretty comfortable fashion. I went up to our defense and said `Hey guys, that guy is pretty fast.'”
“Part of the middle class promise is that, after a lifetime of hard work, you'll be able to retire and enjoy the fruits of that labor. Medicare was established to secure that promise.”
“Why take chances? It may be nonsense, but does anybody really know? And people have certainly been fascinated by astrology for thousands of years.”
“A man may have the best of wealth, cars and fame. But there is nothing more precious in life that he will get than a woman's heart.”
“Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.”

Source : Sydney Smith, Lady Saba Holland Holland, Sarah Austin (1855). “A Memoir of the Rev. Sydney Smith”, p.178
“A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.”

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