Quotes
Authors
Max Beerbohm

"There is laughter that goes so far as to lose all touch with its motive, and to exist only, grossly, in itself. This is laughter at its best. A man to whom such laughter has often been granted may happen to die in a work-house. No matter. I will not admit that he has failed in life. Another man, who has never laughed thus, may be buried in Westminster Abbey, leaving more than a million pounds overhead. What then? I regard him as a failure."

-- Max Beerbohm

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“I'm damn near 37 years old, and I'm jumping up and down on the bed like my 10-year-old. I was a wild man”
“The peoples owe all political rights and privileges which we enjoy today in greater or lesser measure, not to the good will of their governments, but to their own strength. One need only study the history of the past three hundred years to understand by what relentless struggles every right has had to be wrested inch by inch from the despots.”
“The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.”

Source : Robert J. Shiller (2015). “Irrational Exuberance”, p.189, Princeton University Press
“I'm gonna have nightmares about kids eating free.”
“If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons.”
“It is important to recognize the power of our emotions-and to take responsibility for them by creating a light and positive atmosphere around ourselves. This attitude of joy that we create helps alleviate states of hopelessness, loneliness, and despair. Our relationships with others thus naturally improve, and little by little the whole of society becomes more positive and balanced.”
“People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.”
“If I start giving people what they like I'll turn into one of them and I don't want to be one of them I want to be one of me.”

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