"A century ago, people laughed at the notion that we were descended from monkeys. Today, the individuals most offended by that claim are the monkeys."

-- Jacob M. Appel

#People Quotes #Monkeys Quotes #Today Quotes

“Take away the Holocaust and what do you have left? Without their precious Holocaust, what are the Jews? Just a grubby little bunch of international bandits and assassins and squatters who have perpetrated the most massive, cynical fraud in human history.”
“The Duke of Buckingham gave me once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true: the King (he said) could see things if he would, and the Duke would see things if he could.”

Source : Gilbert Burnet (1809). “Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of K. Charles II to the Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace at Utrecht, in the Reign of Queen Anne. To which is Prefixed, a Summary Recapitulation of Affairs in Church and State, from King James I. to the Restoration in the Year 1660. Together with the Author's Life and Some Explanatory Notes”, p.235
“What does it mean to a successful woman today? Does it mean you have to be a mother? If you are a mother, does it mean you have to be a mother with a husband? If you don't have a husband, what is the role that the man plays? I think there are a lot of confusing things that we're all really still sorting out.”
“I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels that contain a whole world in a snow globe.”
“The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin, that one should put aside all humanity when it is a question of striving for His glory..”
“When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now”
“I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.”
“In a perfect world, you and I probably wouldn't exist, so let's not hope for one.”

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