"Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side."

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Source : Van Wyck Brooks (1941). “Opinions of Oliver Allston”, New York, Dutton

Van Wyck Brooks

#People Quotes #Sides Quotes #Serious Quotes

“First, the probable cause of AIDS has been found: a variant of a known human cancer virus. Second, not only has the agent been identified, but a new process has been developed to mass produce this virus. Thirdly, with the discovery of both the virus and this new process, we now have a blood test for AIDS. With a blood test, we can identify AIDS victims with essentially 100% certainty.”
“Every marvel of our age arose out of the critical give and take of an open society. No other civilization ever managed to incorporate this crucial innovation, weaving it into daily life. And if you disagree with this... say so!”
“Whoever would have guessed that in the land of cheap sausages and mashed potatoes there could be such a change which would actually bring the French from Paris every weekend to invade Britain en masse to eat great food and drink great wine.”
“My name is Patrick Fitzgerald ... I like to tear the tops off small animals.”
“The coverage [of crimes] is different. It's less angry when white [athletes] are involved, less accusatory, less judgemental. I see that in the pieces that are written and reported. At times it bothers me to the point that I just stop reading...just stop.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Drink wine, not labels.”
“A painter's hand has a thirst for thieving, it steals from heaven and makes a gift to the memories of men, it feigns eternity and it delights in this pretence almost as if it had created rules of its own, more durable and more profoundly true.”
“The pas has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that.”

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