"In fact, now I come to think of it, do we decide questions, at all? We decide answers, no doubt: but surely the questions decide us? It is the dog, you know, that wags the tail--not the tail that wags the dog."

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Lewis Carroll

#Dog Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“I think it's funny how excited people can get about things I say that don't have anything to do with music. I made a disparaging comment about McDonald's on Twitter once and people flipped out on me.”
“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed and that they are entitled to freedom of person, freedom of religion, freedom of property, and freedom of press.”
“A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.”
“No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.”
“Why is it that a woman can see from a distance what a man cannot see close?”

Source : Thomas Hardy (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated)”, p.1764, Delphi Classics
“Failure has gone to his head.”
“People work hard and save hard to own a car. They do not want to be told that they cannot drive it by a Deputy Prime Minister whose idea of a park and ride scheme is to park one Jaguar and drive away in another.”
“Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.”

Source : Russell Hoban (2012). “The Turtle Diary”, p.146, A&C Black

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