"It was jolly in the country. A cow and little pigs to play with and milk warm from the cow."

-- Georg Brandes

#Country Quotes #Pigs Quotes #Play Quotes

“English is big business and languages are dying as never before. Is there a connection? Is this another manifestation of McDonaldisation â€“ the undesirable face of globalization? Do we want to lose the variety of languages and all the rich culture that comes with them?”
“I feel for food more than I could crave a woman. And that's the truth!”
“Anyone who knows me, should learn to know me again; For I am like the Moon, you will see me with new face everyday.”
“I was deeply concerned then, and have become more concerned since, that unless we can deal with the questions of development and the questions of poverty, there's no way that we're going to have a peaceful world for our children.”
“Social media is the democratization of information, transforming people from content readers into publishers. It is the shift from a broadcast mechanism, one-to-many, to a many-to-many model, rooted in conversations between authors, people and peers.”
“No," he said. "Relius was right and I was wrong. You are My Queen. Even though you cut my head from my shoulders, with my last breath as a noose tightens, to the last beat of my heart if I hang from the walls of the palace, you are My Queen. That I have failed you does not change my love for you or my loyalty.”
“President Wilford Woodruff is a man of wisdom and experience, and we respect and venerate him, but we do not believe his personal views or utterances are revelations from God; and when Thus saith the Lord, comes from him, the saints investigate it: they do not shut their eyes and take it down like a pill.”
“The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.”

Source : John Boyle O'Reilly (1913). “Selected Poems”

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