"What I said Wasn't wise It wasn't even true I apologise"

-- John Walter Bratton

#Wise Quotes #Sorry Quotes #Said Quotes

“I admit that thoughts influence the body.”
“Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a little ingenuity, you can make the Constitution mean anything you like.”
“The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.”
“Every day you must unlearn the ways that hold you back. You must rid yourself of negativity, so you can learn to fly.”
“You have been a prisoner of a little pond I am the ocean and its turbulent flood Come merge with me leave this world of ignorance”
“There are three periods in life: youth, middle age and "how well you look".”
“When I look back on it, I think, "Why didn't you stop the cruelty earlier?" To stand back was contrary to my upbringing and nature. When I stood back as a noninterfering experimental scientist, I was, in a sense, as drawn into the power of the situation as any prisoners and guards.”
“When Švejk subsequently described life in the lunatic asylum, he did so in exceptionally eulogistic terms: 'I really don't know why those loonies get so angry when they're kept there. You can crawl naked on the floor, howl like a jackal, rage and bite. If anyone did this anywhere on the promenade people would be astonished, but there it's the most common or garden thing to do. There's a freedom there which not even Socialists have ever dreamed of.”

Source : Jaroslav Hašek (1993). “The Good Soldier Svejk”, Everyman's Library

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