"In a more intellectually rigorous age, I wouldn't be talked about as a satirist at all. I would just be a topical comedian."

-- Rory Bremner

#Comedian Quotes #Age Quotes #Satirist Quotes

“We have all a propensity to grasp at forbidden fruit.”
“To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision. Few, if any, survive their teens. Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. It becomes easier to die and avoid conflict than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.”
“I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into something good.”
“The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering.”
“Bought the president the Louis presidential briefcase Never been a cheapskate”
“In one African myth the word for God is even identical with skill and capacity. The Godhead is defined as that thing which appears in man as the mystery of an unusual skill or capacity. It is something divine, a spark of the divinity in him, not his own possession or achievement, but a miracle.”

Source : Marie-Louise von Franz (2017). “Creation Myths: Revised Edition”, p.110, Shambhala Publications
“Open your heart and mind like the wings of a butterfly. See then how high you CAN fly.”
“Shabbat is a day of rest, of mental scrutiny and of balance. Without it the workdays are insipid.”

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