"Today we speak, but first we spoke; faucets leak, but never loke. Today we write, but first we wrote; we bite our tongues, but never bote."

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Source : Richard Lederer (2010). “Crazy English”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

Richard Lederer

#Writing Quotes #Today Quotes #Tongue Quotes

“The basic root of happiness lies in our minds; outer circumstances are nothing more than adverse or favourable.”
“Check this out,â€ Nine says. He holds up a small purple stone and then places it on the back of his hand. The stone slides into his handâ€”through it. Nine turns his hand over just as the stone pops out in his palm. â€œPretty cool, right?â€ he asks me, waggling his eyebrows. â€œUh, but what is it supposed to do?â€ Eight asks, looking up from his own Chest. â€œI dunno. Impress girls?â€ Nine looks over at me. â€œDid it work?â€ â€œUm . . .â€ I hesitate, trying not to roll my eyes too hard. â€œNot really. But, Iâ€™ve seen guys teleport so Iâ€™m kind of hard to impress.â€ â€œTough crowd.”
“We just said, 'Okay, you're in the movie. Bring what you would bring for a three-day weekend and I hope you like the way you look in it because once you're on camera, that's your wardrobe.' But it worked; it worked and we were very surprised.”
“A religion without a goddess is halfway to atheism.”
“We've seen a lot of people self-destruct because of a small taste of success.”
“We are not grand because we are at the top of the food chain or because we can alter our environment - the environment will outlast us with its unfathomable forces and unyielding powers. But rather than be bound and defeated by our insignificance, we are bold because we exercise our will anyway, despite the ephemeral and delicate presence we have in this desert, on this planet, in this universe.”

Source : Aron Ralston (2011). “127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
“To idolise a person means you don't get to know them, and the idea that you can become one is a myth, and it also means that you don't need to talk to one another because you're the same person.”
“Choose to see death as simply removing a garment or moving from one room to another... it's merely a transition.”

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