"The impulse to ask questions is among the more primitive human lusts."

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Source : Rose Macaulay (1926). “A Casual Commentary”

Rose Macaulay

#Lust Quotes #Impulse Quotes #Primitive Quotes

“Conservatives are driven and inspired by principles, not personalities. We therefore seek consistency with our elected officials. To the extent that they are not consistent, anger is the inevitable result. So yes, many will be angry.”

Source : "Scalise brings back Boehner's familiar right flank hangover" by Alexandra Jaffe, www.cnn.com. December 31, 2014.
“Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society.Â The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.”
“Build a little community of those you love and who love you”
“Somewhere in the midst of smudgy maps, following waters, surviving the storms, & deep, deep digging.. treasure is found.”
“When I get 13 or 14 years old, I get crazy with rock music, like, like, deeply crazy. And one of my favorite bands at that moment was, for example, like - bands like Metallica or Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Santana, you know? And then I start to play metal, actually, when I was - at the age of 15.”

Source : "Colombian Singer Juanes Is a Savvy Businessman". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block and Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. November 26, 2007.
“It is an axiom nowadays that no bank fails for lack of capital; unprofitable lending is always the underlying cause.”
“Do you ever have one of those weeks where you know nothings gonna go right?”
“Women are from their very infancy debarred those advantages with the want of which they are aftewards reproached, and nursed up in those vices which will hereafter be upbraided to them. So partial are men as to expect bricks when they afford no straw ...”

Source : 1694 A Serious Proposal to the Ladies For the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest,'By a Lover of Her Sex', pt.1.

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