Quotes
Authors
William Braxton Irvine
"You are currently experiencing desire; otherwise, you wouldn't be reading these words. Even if you are reading them at the behest of someone else, you are motivated by your desire to please that person. And if you stop reading, you will not do so because you have stopped desiring but because your desires have changed." --
Source : William Braxton Irvine (2007). “On Desire: Why We Want what We Want”, p.1, Oxford University Press
William Braxton Irvine
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“It's your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down”
“Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”
“Football is for the fans. It can be the greatest game in the world but if there are no people to watch it, it becomes nothing. The fans are the lifeblood of the game.”
“War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.”
“When words come out of politician's mouth that are linguistically incorrect, people see it reflecting their intelligence. Sarah Palin was called out for "refudiate," which seemed to combine refute and repudiate. One favourite Bushism was "misunderestimate."”
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“Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for sooner or later a tribal organization is found to be incompatible with life in a city.”
Source : Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”
“Barack Obama doesn't think this country should be number one. If it were number 35 it'd be fine with him.”
“It seems like movies normally take a long time to get made. When you focus on it, and you're waiting for something, it seems to take longer.”