"A boy is a man in miniature, and though he may sometimes exhibit notable virtue, as well as characteristics that seem to be charming because they are childlike, he is also a schemer, self-seeker, traitor, Judas, crook, and villain - in short, a man."

-- Robertson Davies

#Boys Quotes #Men Quotes #Self Quotes

“There is no strong evidence to prove significant human influence on climate on a global basis. The global cooling trend from 1940 to 1970 is inconsistent with models based on anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions. There is no reliable evidence to support that the 20th century was the warmest in the last 1000 years.”
“Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as cool as you expected.”
“Every ethnic group thinks they are the chosen ones. â€¦”
“I have to have the reasons to make the record. There are just too many records out there, especially when it's something as audacious as a solo percussion record with solo drumming music on it. There better be a reason behind it.”

Source : Interview with Grayson Currin, pitchfork.com. June 5, 2006.
“If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.”
“Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.”
“One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that.”
“Newt Gingrich never received more than 100,000 votes in his life. He'll never be president.”

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