"There is a certain manner of self-absorption in speaking that always renders the speaker disagreeable. For it is as great a folly to listen only to ourselves while we are carrying on a conversation with others as it is to talk to ourselves while we are alone."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Self Quotes #Listening Quotes #Carrying On Quotes

“Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and living.”
“As I turned around to receive my injection, I said, 'Next time I'll use some protection.' If I see another girl and I get an erection... I'm walking in the other direction!”

Source : Song: Go See the Doctor, 1986
“If Tolstoy were alive today and working at Panopticon Insurance, he'd say that all insurance companies are the same, then throw himself through an eighteenth story window and plunge to his death in a hail of glass and shattered dignity" (70).”

Source : Paul Neilan (2007). “Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan
“When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.”
“Capablanca's phenomenal move-searching algorithm in those early years, when he possessed a wonderful ability for calculating variations very rapidly, made him invincible.”
“In many relationships that I've had people just try to own the other person.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged,”
“His loyalty, so fierce and unwavering, makes my eyes water and heart ache.”

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