"Lenin in a top hat and frock coat would be a far greater anomaly than the Grand Lama of Thibet or a Zulu chief in that costume."

-- Wyndham Lewis

#Anomalies Quotes #Coats Quotes #Top Hats Quotes

“Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again.”

Source : Charles Stross (2006). “The Atrocity Archives”, p.38, Penguin
“Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 million in borrowed funds and were asking Kansas City to forfeit $3 million in public money for police officers, roads and schools? More free stuff!”
“Or they'll talk about fear, which we used to call politics- job politics, social politics, government politics.”
“Seeing that he owns absolutely nothing to â€˜repayâ€™ his debt, â€˜his own consciousnessâ€™ of the fact â€˜that he is himself the very substanceâ€™ of debt, so must he â€˜repayâ€™ with himself, so must he â€˜returnâ€™ himself to Him Who owns him absolutely.”
“Nicaragua is becoming the least expensive Caribbean destination.”

Source : Arthur Frommer (2009). “Ask Arthur Frommer: And Travel Better, Cheaper, Smarter”, p.329, John Wiley & Sons
“Rules cannot take the place of character.”
“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.”

Source : Other People's Money ch. 5 (1914) See RalphWaldo Emerson 42
“We will do anything to get away from our own pain. We will change our lives, rip people out, swallow a bottle of life-ending pills. When we hurt more than we can bear, when our lives get that dark, it's shocking what we will do to protect ourselves.”

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