"Strange when you come to think of it, that of all countless folk who have lived on this planet, not one is known in history or in legend as having died of laughter."

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Source : Max Beerbohm (2015). “The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm”, p.119, New York Review of Books

Max Beerbohm

#Laughter Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Legends Quotes

“Those who know about education have no power; those who have the power know little or nothing about education.”
“Fierce eagles breed not the tender dove.”
“Individuals who deliberately decide not to take offense lead happier, more productive lives.”
“A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than screaming.”
“One thing that is evident is that [Albert] Camus could never be a 'neutral' man. This is because he was committed; look at his real physical involvement in the Resistance. He took part, there, in the combat against Nazism.”
“All laws which can be violated without doing any one any injury are laughed at. Nay, so far are they from doing anything to control the desires and passions of men that, on the contrary, they direct and incite men's thoughts the more toward those very objects, for we always strive toward what is forbidden and desire the things we are not allowed to have. And men of leisure are never deficient in the ingenuity needed to enable them to outwit laws framed to regulate things which cannot be entirely forbidden... He who tries to determine everything by law will foment crime rather than lessen it.”
“Education is the great equalizer of our time. It gives hope to the hopeless and creates chances for those without...”
“MEN WALK ON THE MOON. To me, this speaks of a time when America wasn't just about the almighty buck. The Russians had put up Sputnik, and the U.S. would not be outdone. I admire that about the American spirit. There's only one spot in history for the first ever of anything.”

Source : Interview with Michelle Monaghan, www.justjared.com. May 18, 2015.

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