"Thought, stumbling, plods Past fallen temples, vanished gods, Altars unincensed, fanes undecked, Eternal systems flown or wrecked; Through trackless centuries that grant To the poor trudge refreshment scant, Age after age, pants on to find A melting mirage of the mind."

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Source : Alfred Austin (1885). “At the Gate of the Convent: And Other Poems”

Alfred Austin

#Past Quotes #Mind Quotes #Age Quotes

“You know, if you didn't pay close attention, you'd think we were the only people in Iraq and the only people fighting the terrorists.”
“The US Debt is the single biggest threat I see to innovation in American business.”
“in the desert the detachment of life from all normal intercourse imparts a sense of gravity to every rencontre, and each touch with human beings is fraught with a significance lacking in the too hurried intercourse of ordinary everyday life. On the desert track, there is no such thing as a casual meeting ...”

Source : Mildred Cable, Francesca French (1944). “The Gobi Desert”
“I consider myself to be a good guy so it's not hard for me to play that.”
“Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair nor balanced. These are simple historical facts intelligible to all adults, most children, and some of your more discerning domesticated animals. But not... to Bill O”

Source : Keith Olbermann (2006). “The Worst Person In the World: And 202 Strong Contenders”, p.263, John Wiley & Sons
“[During a pre-war interview with Hitler when he screamed at her, 'The Jews! The Jews! What are you doing about the Jews in America?':] Why nothing. We think we're just as good as they are.”
“Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Let me fly, let me see things that are hidden from other eyes.”

Source : Sonya Hartnett (2011). “Of A Boy”, p.145, ReadHowYouWant.com

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