"There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own."

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C. E. M. Joad

#Knowledge Quotes #Important Quotes #Age Quotes

“Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.”

Source : "How to write fiction: Meg Rosoff on finding your voice". www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2011.
“There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.”
“I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win.”
“I'm not sure if guys are supposed to read Vanity Fair. I feel very metrosexual with it but am not sure it's in my comfort zone.”
“If he desired to know about automobiles, he would, without question, study diligently about automobiles. If his wife desired to be a gourmet cook, she'd certainly study the art of cooking, perhaps even attending a cooking class. Yet, it never seems as obvious to him that if he wants to live in love, he must spend at least as much time as the auto mechanic or the gourmet in studying love.”
“I've seen so many thousands of hands that I am just going to be right more often than most people.”

Source : Source: pokerworks.com
“The Civilizedâ€¦ murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue stimulate them to manufacture cannon fodder, anthills of conscripts who are forced to sell themselves out of poverty. This improvident paternity is a false virtue, the selfishness of pleasure.”
“I've always been a fan of just extreme things. Whether it be in movies, books, TV or real life.”

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