"His smile is like the silver plate on a coffin."

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Source : Of Sir Robert Peel's smile. Quoted by Daniel O'Connell in the House of Commons, 26 Feb 1835.

John Philpot Curran

#Sarcastic Quotes #Coffins Quotes #Silver Quotes

“The uglier, older, meaner, iller, poorer I get, the more I wish to take my revenge by doing brilliant color, well arranged, resplendent.”
“Evangelism is not an option for the Christian life.”
“There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening, and you will find no court in Christendom so ceremonious as the quality of Brentford.”
“I mean, I grew up riding. I can't ever remember not being able to ride or rope and all that stuff. It was part of my life growing up, so it was fun for me.”
“I believe in both a creative and personal God, a divinely ordered universe, that man has an innate moral sense, and that Jesus was a great moral teacher, perhaps the greatest the world has witnessed.”
“I'm open to anything, dude. I'm open to anything. That's what I would ask the aliens. I'd be like, "Do you watch 'Game of Thrones?'"”
“But the Hebrew word, the word timshelâ€”â€˜Thou mayestâ€™â€” that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if â€˜Thou mayestâ€™â€”it is also true that â€˜Thou mayest not.”
“Whatever money you may need for the next five years, please take it out of the stock market right now, this week.”

Source : "Someday We'll All Look Back on This and Laugh..." by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. March 12, 2009.

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