"We think we're living in the present, but we're really living in the past."

-- John Banville

#Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Live In The Present Quotes

“Hansie Cronje. Honestly. I got out to Hansie more than anyone.I never knew what to do with him”
“I feel warm and reassured," I whispered. "He's like Santa.”
“When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.”

Source : John Kennedy Toole (2004). “A Confederacy of Dunces”, p.82, LSU Press
“He credited his teammates, who he thanked in turn, with challenging him every day and driving him forward and making him a better player.”
“Desmond Mason is one of my best friends in the world. And he's a great, great talent.”
“At his campaign launch, Donald Trump apparently paid extras $50 to cheer for him at the rally. Trump said, 'Usually when I pay a person to like me, it's my wife.'”
“Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.”
“Cogg would suddenly stand stock still. "Listen," he would say. Some feeble quack would be heard from the willow beyond the pond. "That's an easy one to tell. The frog-pippit." Then he would add, As a safety measure, "As I believe they call it in these parts."”

Source : Stephen Potter (1962). “Three-upmanship: The theory & practice of gamesmanship: Some notes on lifemanship [and] One-upmanship”

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