"Human vanity cherishes the absurd notion that our species is the final goal of evolution."

-- Richard Dawkins

#Vanity Quotes #Goal Quotes #Finals Quotes

“Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.”
“Michael Jackson changed the format and history of music. His videos were films. He was the first who floated on the stage and changed the concept of a musical performance. He created something that's still the basis of a lot of what's done today.”
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.”
“In order to have the best intelligence in the world to know who the terrorists are and where they are and what they're plotting, you've got to have the best cooperation you've ever had in the world.”
“I missed out on everything. Sometimes on the street I see teenagers hanging out and going to the movies, going to concerts, and I get so jealous.”
“Ian Ashby is very underrated and it's right he gets the accolades he gets”
“Tragedy isn't an easy thing to kill. It takes more than a turtle. Tragedy must be destroyed by someone willing to be swallowed by it, willing to be broken, torn out of the flesh, but able to return to it. Someone must be able to shatter the tragic from within and exit into comedy, able to rip a hole so wide that a train of souls, a parade, could follow after, banging drums and throwing candy as they strolled into the sun.”
“That is the way this game is -- you win, you lose, you celebrate and you suffer.”

Source : FaceBook post by Vin Scully from Oct 03, 2012

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