"What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?"

-- Abbas ibn Firnas

#Men Quotes #Wings Quotes #Perfection Quotes

“Iâ€™m Sam Donovan.â€ â€œI know who you are. Mrs. Kulavich told me. Iâ€™m Jaine Bright.â€ â€œI know. She told me. She even told me how you spell your name.â€ Now, how on earth had Mrs. Kulavich known that?”
“Try and stay sober. Until the curtain call. And for God's sake, have fun. Don't suffer for your art. Just have fun.”
“I believe that everyone has the right to live a happy and healthy life.”
“I have had a lot of really close friends and family who have been touched by suicide, and I would never want to make light of it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Thirsting desires and longings possessed my soul after perfect holiness. God was so precious to my soul that the world with all its enjoyments appeared vile. I had no more value for the favor of men than for pebbles.”
“Worst Month of the Year: February. February has only 28 days in it, which means that if you rent an apartment, you are paying for three full days you don't get. Try to avoid Februarys whenever possible.”

Source : "A very good year, sort of - 1982" by Steve Rubenstein, www.sfgate.com. November 17, 2013.
“Oho, now I know what you are. You are an advocate of Useful Knowledge.... Well, allow me to introduce myself to you as an advocate of Ornamental Knowledge. You like the mind to be a neat machine, equipped to work efficiently, if narrowly, and with no extra bits or useless parts. I like the mind to be a dustbin of scraps of brilliant fabric, odd gems, worthless but fascinating curiosities, tinsel, quaint bits of carving, and a reasonable amount of healthy dirt. Shake the machine and it goes out of order; shake the dustbin and it adjusts itself beautifully to its new position.”
“Whenever you have something nice someone will try to ruin it.”

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