"You can't eat [literature], that's the problem," he said. "I've tried, it's very dry, and not at all nutritious."

-- Kenneth Oppel

#Literature Quotes #Dry Quotes #Nutrition Quotes

“Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.”
“Old golfers don't win (it's not an absolute, it's a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the young one. He chips and putts equally well. And will probably have a better knowledge of the course. So why does he take the extra stroke that denies him victory? Experience. He knows the downside, what happens if it goes wrong, which makes him more cautious. The young player is either ignorant or reckless to caution. That is his edge. It is the same with all of us. Knowledge makes us play safe. The secret is to stay childish.”
“What do we get when the Donald exposes his enormous ass? A trump roast.”
“With 'Django Unchained,' when you're dealing with slavery, it's like a gymnastics routine with the highest amount of difficulty. Quentin Tarantino is not going to do a movie that's just going to lay there and be safe. There's going to be twists and flips.”
“It is not that uncommon for the cost of an abstraction to outweigh the benefit it delivers. Kill one today!”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 11, 2010
“Admiration: Our feeling of delight that another person resembles us.”
“There's nothing wrong with the Little League World Series that locking out the adults couldn't cure.”
“I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.”

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