"I donâ€™t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, â€˜Why donâ€™t you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise are proof of the wonderful things produced by Creation?â€™ And I always say, well, when you say that, youâ€™ve also got to think of a little boy sitting on a river bank, like here, in West Africa, thatâ€™s got a little worm, a living organism, in his eye and boring through the eyeball and is slowly turning him blind. The Creator God that you believe in, presumably, also made that little worm. Now I personally find that difficult to accommodateâ€¦"

-- David Attenborough

#Atheist Quotes #Believe Quotes #Butterfly Quotes

“Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions.”

Source : Jane Smiley (2010). “Duplicate Keys”, p.290, Anchor
“One kid said to me, he said, Mr. Lloyd, we really owe you. And I explained to him, man, you owe me absolutely nothing. I said, whatever kind of career I had, it has served me well, but you do owe some people. And the people you owe are the folks who are going to come behind you. It's incumbent upon each watch â€” when you play your 10, 11 years and you're in your group â€” when you leave, I truly hope that you've done all you can possibly do to leave it a better place for the folks who come behind you.”
“I feel really grateful that I am in comedy, and I love doing it.”
“Success is not worth rejoicing over, failure is not worth grieving over.”

Source : Luo Guanzhong (2016). “Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, p.244, XinXii
“Aja gave Loor an up and down once-over. She then said, "Is Loor a man's name or a woman's name?" Ouch. Loor answered, "It is the name of a legendary hero on Zadaa. A woman." Really?" Aja said. "What did she do that was so heroic?" She killed her enemies and ate them.”
“One of the greatest experiences I ever had was listening to a conversation with Joni Mitchell and Wayne Shorter. Just to hear them talking, my mouth was open. They understand each other perfectly, and they make these leaps and jumps because they don't have to explain anything.”
“Ask yourself what makes you come alive.”

Source : "Oprah Gives Inspiring Commencement Speech to Harvard" by Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. May, 31, 2013.
“I'm not sure I'm okay with 2 guys gettin' married, but I don't wanna be a jerk about it.”

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