"No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public."

-- P. T. Barnum

#Ignorance Quotes #Men Quotes #Broke Quotes

“What you wish for, what you most hope for - that is your greatest illusion.”

Source : Christopher Pike (1996). “The Starlight Crystal”, Simon Pulse
“Is there an intelligent man or woman now in the world who believes in the Garden of Eden story? If you find any man who believes it, strike his forehead and you will hear an echo. Something is for rent.”
“what i need is traveling minds talktouch kisses spittouch you swimming upstream.”

Source : Sonia Sanchez (2012). “Like the Singing Coming off the Drums: Love Poems”, p.31, Beacon Press
“I am committed to strengthening our agricultural economy by protecting the unique interests of small and medium size family farms so that they can continue to operate.”
“I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.”
“I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles.”
“I have a basic indolence about me which is essential to writing. ... It's thinking time, it's hanging-out time, it's daydreaming time. You know, it's lie-around-the-bed time, it's sitting-like-a-dope-in-your-chair time. And that seems to me essential to any work.”

Source : Grace Paley, Gerhard Bach, Blaine H. Hall (1997). “Conversations with Grace Paley”, p.110, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“We will miss George for his sense of love, his sense of music and his sense of laughter.”

Source : "'Devastated' McCartney leads tributes". www.cnn.com. November 30, 2001.

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