"You have a genius for bringing trouble upon yourself"

-- Georgette Heyer

#Genius Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“I have opinions of my own - strong opinions - but I don't always agree with them.”
“When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation.”

Source : Elizabeth Kostova (2010). “The Historian”, p.19, Hachette UK
“I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.”
“Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.”
“Bad music can make you weak.”
“I-I don't usually go around throwing rocks at people's windows. Or saying that I've wanted to kiss you since your first day at work, when you wanted to know why we had three codes for fish sandwiches when we only sold one kind.”
“Please just look at those Indonesian cities: Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan... are there any other cities on earth, of that size, with such an absolute chronic lack of culture, and institutions that are supposed to make people think? Like theatres, archives, grand libraries, concert halls, art cinemas, progressive bookstores... There is nothing here.”
“The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is.”

Source : Stephen Fry (2012). “The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography”, p.54, The Overlook Press

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