"Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation."

-- Jacques Barzun

#Literature Quotes #Sophistry Quotes #Wit Quotes

“Religion is not an experiment, it is an experience of life through which one is part of the cosmic adventure.”
“I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.”
“Cut the umbilical cord to yesterday. Although we can't change history, we change the effect the past has on the future.”
“Yeah, I've always been accused of having a sense of mischief and I'm very flattered that you say you can see it in the roles I play, because I think that's important, even if I do play intense characters, like especially Christine Cagney.”
“I think that Joe Biden is qualified in many respects. But I do point out that he's been wrong on many foreign policy and national security issues, which is supposed to be his strength.”
“I'm not frightened. I'm not frightened of anything. The more I suffer, the more I love. Danger will only increase my love. It will sharpen it, forgive its vice. I will be the only angel you need. You will leave life even more beautiful than you entered it. Heaven will take you back and look at you and say: Only one thing can make a soul complete and that thing is love.”
“I didn't have statistics in my mind when I was racing. It was always a consequence - a nice consequence. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the reason I was racing.”
“Everybody thought I was a bit of an eccentric for wanting to be out there looking at the stars, but I still do”

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