"A day will come when there will be no battlefields, but markets opening to commerce and minds opening to ideas."

-- Victor Hugo

#Wisdom Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes

“There is a magnificent intensity in life that comes when we are not in control but are only reacting, living, surviving. I am not a religious man per se...but for me, to go to sea is to get a glimpse of the face of God. At sea I am reminded of my insignificance-of all men's insignificance. It is a wonderful feeling to be so humbled.”
“I've just always been that kid that was like, "Look at me! Look at me!," and doing performances and skits. I'm also, as most artists are, a very sensitive person, so I need that outlet to release that. Art needs to be in my life, otherwise I can't function as a human being. I heard Madonna say, "Live it, breathe it, eat it." That's how I am with the artistic part of myself.”
“I do have that personality where I like to have fun and enjoy life, so I have to make sure I tone myself down when I'm expressing myself.”
“The pain of hope dying is worse than his fists and boots.”
“Fear the pleading prayer of a wronged one, for there is no veil between it and Allah.”
“I think it's important to update my fans on what I'm doing and where I'm going next and when my next single is going to drop and my album.”
“Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.”
“I have noticed that what cats most appreciate in a human being is not the ability to produce food, which they take for granted - but his or her entertainment value.”

Source : Geoffrey Household (2010). “Rogue Male”, p.76, New York Review of Books

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