"Extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them. This is our true state; this is what makes us incapable of certain knowledge and of absolute ignorance... This is our natural condition, and yet most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find solid ground and an ultimate sure foundation whereon to build a tower reaching to the Infinite. But our whole groundwork cracks, and the earth opens to abysses."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Knowledge Quotes #Ignorance Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I feel stronger, but physically I feel like I'm falling apart. Every day I get a new pain or ache and think, 'Oh, that will be a hip replacement in a couple of years'.”
“My blood G cold, never seen my dad cry. And I'm a bleed your block til the cash dry!”
“Well I don't know, I might have lost my citizenship, I don't think you can lose your citizenship though.”
“Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.”

Source : "Evelina: Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World".
“I think that God might think Iâ€™m gay what does he know anyway?”
“While the end-of-the-world scenario will be rife with unimaginable horrors, we believe that the pre-end period will be filled with unprecedented opportunities for profit.”

Source : "Reality check: for real sustainability, some economies will need to shrink" by Erik Assadourian, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2014.
“They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”

Source : Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (1973)
“Success is like a lovely woman, wooed by many men, but folded in the arms of him alone who, free from over-zeal, firmly persists and calmly perseveres.”

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