"The townspeople are morons, yokels, peasants and genus ***** boobiensis...surrounded by gaping primates from the upland vallies."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Modern Life Quotes #Primates Quotes #Peasants Quotes

“In this game, you have to think about making plays, you can't worry about making mistakes. At times, a guy will get thrown out, but in the bigger scheme, the bases we're going to take will far outweigh that occasional misread. And it depends on what you call a mistake. If the outfielder puts the ball right on the money, he's out by a quarter-step and it's a bang-bang play, that's not a mistake. That's baseball. If you're out by four or five steps, it's ugly, it's a misread, but in the big picture, that aggressiveness is going to help us more than the occasional blunder will hurt.”
“I always concentrated on doing the very best that I could in the job and the duties that I was assigned.”

Source : "America's New War: Responding to Terrorism". "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. October 1, 2001.
“Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures”
“I am the one in charge of the 19 brothers ... I was responsible for entrusting the 19 brothers ... with the raids.”
“Pain or love or danger makes you real again....”
“When science advances religion goes along with it; science builds the altar at which religion prays.”

Source : Joseph Parker (1885). “The People's Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture”
“I would say that I'm happy getting to make a living playing music and seeing people enjoy music that I make. So far, things have grown consistently and quicker than I thought they would, so that could possibly continue. Even if it ended tomorrow, I'd be really grateful that I got to do it.”
“It is... treading on dangerous ground to paint the picturesque as I am at times doing.”

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