"When Eve upon the first of Men The apple press'd with specious cant, Oh! what a thousand pities then That Adam was not Adamant!"

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Source : 'Ruth'

Thomas Hood

#Men Quotes #Apples Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I think in all of the arts there are just certain people that have a gift. I think it's a certain spirituality, it's a God-given gift that just certain individuals have.”
“If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.”

Source : "America's Best Leaders: Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com CEO". Interview with David LaGesse, www.usnews.com. November 19, 2008.
“I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.”
“We must let our hopes be greater than our fears.”

Source : "Mike Lofgren on Dysfunction in Our Political Parties". Interview with Bill Moyers, billmoyers.com. August 31, 2012.
“Once your mind becomes absolutely still, your intelligence transcends human limitations.”
“Go away,â€ he said. â€œDo you know youâ€™ve almost no clothes on?â€ â€œNever mind. I needâ€”â€ â€œNever mind? Listen to me, Miss Innocence. There are many things a man can â€˜never mind.â€™ A nearly naked woman isnâ€™t one of them.”
“It's surprisingly difficult to build fake overhead bins, especially ones that, you know, you can open really easily - because when you're floating around, you don't have any traction, obviously.”
“The mind is the reality. You are what you think.”

Source : Alfred Bester (1996). “The Demolished Man”, Vintage

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