"Lies that do not hurt, which are different from lies that protect oneself or hurt another person. That is not my business. But the truth is mostly very boring, and you can help it along with lies. There is no harm in that."

-- Gunter Grass

#Hurt Quotes #Lying Quotes #Different Quotes

“To live at all is miracle enough.”

Source : Mervyn Peake (2012). “Collected Poems”, p.307, Carcanet
“War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence.”
“Seeing you happy is the best gift I could ever ask for.”
“I build engines and attach wheels to them.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“And I, the while, the sole unbusy thing, Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.”
“I call this the Fundamental Problem of Political Economy. How do we limit the power that idiots have over us? ... [Milton] Friedmans insight is that a market limits the power that others have over us; conversely, limiting the power that others have over us allows us to have markets. Friedman argued that no matter how wise the officials of government may be, market competition does a better job of protecting us from idiots.”
“I'm not one of those people who sits at dinner on their iPhone all night. I'm either working or I'm not. I've gone down that path where you sleep with your phone beside the bed and send an email just before you put your head down and check everything again when you wake up, and I don't like it.”
“Stay home on Election Day ... for the sake of the nation”

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