"Geoffrey Hill may be the strongest and most original English poet of the second half of our fading century, although his work is by no means either easy or very popular. Dense, intricate, exceedingly compact, his poetry has always had great visionary force."

-- John Hollander

#Mean Quotes #Visionaries Quotes #Fading Quotes

“Gratitude takes three forms: a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and a giving in return.”

Source : John Wanamaker (1923). “Maxims of Life and Business”
“Were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men.”
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”

Source : Chinua Achebe (2009). “Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated
“Everybody knows my life - it's an open book.”
“I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian. "Why are you working for this lunatic?" "I sometimes think that I was richer when I was eight years old than most people will be in their lifetime!" "Do we have to listen to this?" Alex asked.”
“They don't tell you this in school, Everybody plays the fool.”
“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.”

Source : "Mark Zuckerberg On Innovation". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 1, 2009.
“If I have all the faith so as to move mountains,but do not have love,then I an nothing.”

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