"Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide."

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Charles Simmons

#Life Quotes #Men Quotes #Noble Quotes

“Kant did think he had a moral route back to rational faith in God, for those who need it, and he thought that at some level, we all do need something like it.”
“People say I talk slowly. I talk in a way sometimes called laconic. The phone rings, I answer, and people ask if they've woken me up. I lose my way in the middle of sentences, leaving people hanging for minutes. I have no control over it. I'll be talking, and will be interested in what I'm saying, but then someone-I'm convinced this what happens-someone-and I wish I knew who, because I would have words for this person-for a short time, borrows my head. Like a battery is borrowed from a calculator to power a remote control, someone, always, is borrowing my head.”
“Because I used to play a lot of sport, I've always been in decent enough shape. When I used to get asked to do a bit of body work before a photo shoot I'd lie and say, 'Yeah, I'm going to the gym.' I literally never did anything.”
“As you talk, so is your heart.”
“If you don't own a dog, at least one, there is not necessarily anything wrong with you, but there may be something wrong with your life.”

Source : Roger A. Caras (1982). “A Celebration of Dogs”, Crown
“If you speak to young kids anywhere in the world, hip-hop is the music that they like to listen to more than any other type, so the influence simply cannot be underestimated.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Generally speaking, there's a difference. Moose nose is just pure cartilage. It's not just the end of a chicken leg, it really is - imagine the cartilage of game meat.If I ever took the spare tire off of my car and was on a survival show, and Bear Grylls was like, "What you need to do in a survival situation is eat your tire," I'd be like, "That's moose nose!"”
“It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear.”

Source : "Invisible Cities". Book by Italo Calvino, ch. 9, 1974.

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