"The Jews fastened their religion upon the Western world, not because it was more reasonable than the religions of their contemporaries - as a matter of fact, it was vastly less reasonable than many of them - but because it was far more poetical."

-- H. L. Mencken

#Atheism Quotes #World Quotes #Matter Quotes

“The ending of partition was inevitable because Ireland was one nation by history and tradition , by facts of race, geography, and economy”
“Any album that you pick up of mine, you know it's an Akon album. The guests are very limited, and you get to really feel the experience. You get the Akon experience when you get the albums. I always want to make sure that stays the way it is. I don't want to flood the album to where you lose focus on why you bought it.”

Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. November 12, 2008.
“That became a big time in comic books because it's when people were starting to break out into independent stuff, the market was getting choked with speculators and everybody was trying to do their own trick covers.”
“Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility.”

Source : David W. Augsburger (1982). “From Here to Maturity”, Tyndale House Pub
“Never mind what makes Canadas constitution so special. Probably something to do with hockey, or the inalienable right to poutine, or securing the blessings of Rick Moranis.”
“Sometimes it seemed to me I could not look at those silent little figures; that I must go north, to the grim coal fields, to the Rocky Mountain camps, where the labor fight is at least fought by grown men”
“Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions.”

Source : "Is 'Patient Capitalism' The Answer To Poverty?". Interview with Guy Raz, www.npr.org. October 18, 2013.
“Death is not goodbye.”

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