"A politician is forced to make a habit of noble phrases and optimistic lies. In the end they infect himself."

-- Storm Jameson

#Lying Quotes #Optimistic Quotes #Phrases Quotes

“I knew that I must paint not what I saw, but only what was in me, in my soul.”

Source : Alexej von Jawlensky, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen (1994). “Alexej von Jawlensky: 25/9-27/11/1994, Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam”, Univ of Washington Pr
“When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is. It expands your imagination and expands your size of thinking.”
“There is no space wider than that of grief ...”
“There have been a lot of murders and suicides in my family; it's like the primary cause of death. I wonder if there's a certain energy that attracts that.”
“Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, "I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway."”
“Sometimes it is best for men not to attempt to interfere with destiny. Our prayers can be answered in ways which we do not expect and do not welcome.”

Source : Wilbur Smith (2014). “River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt”, p.418, St. Martin's Griffin
“The probability for the chance of formation of the smallest, simplest form of living organism known is 1 to 10340,000,000.... The size of this figure is truly staggering, since there are only supposed to be approximately 10 electrons in the whole universe!”
“Children, by nature, are keen, passionate and curious. What was referred to as laziness is often merely an awakening of sensitivity, a psychological inability to submit to certain absurd duties, and a natural result of the distorted, unbalanced education given to them. This laziness, which leads to an insuperable reluctance to learn, is, contrary to appearances, sometimes proof of intellectual superiority and a condemnation of the teacher.”

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