"God, we are told, is willing to render himself inconsistent and ridiculous, to confound the curiosity of those whom, we are at the same time informed, he desires to enlighten by his special grace. What must we think of a revelation which, far from teaching us any thing, is calculated to darken and puzzle the clearest ideas?"

-- Baron d'Holbach

#Teaching Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.”
“The only place where we're not segregated in mass is in sports. You go to a football stadium or a basketball arena, and all of America is there: the wealthy, the poor, the black, white, Latino, conservative, liberal, and we all talk about sports.”
“It has to get ugly before it gets pretty!”
“Humor is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.”
“The Chinese do make vast quantities of wine for home consumption, but you wouldn't want to drink it yourself.”

Source : "Red Nose Day needs fewer celebrities and more mercenary task forces" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2013.
“By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Phoenix will become uninhabitable, as will parts of Beijing (desert), Miami (rising seas) and London (floods). Food shortages will drive millions of people north, raising political tensions.”
“I started working when I was 9 or 10.”

Source : "‘Glee’ Star Harry Shum Jr. On Michael Jackson And Sectionals". Interview With Chris Harnick, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 12, 2011.
“If you try to do a look-alike and an impersonation, then that's just not conducive to good drama.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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