"The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already."

-- Edward Abbey

#Missionary Quotes #Savages Quotes #Enough Quotes

“One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and to film the actual campaign of Alexander crossing into India through Iran and Persia.”
“I prefer to see with closed eyes.”

Source : Arts/Canada, Vol. 23, (p. 46), 1966.
“I am evergreen, and with every passing day, I am becoming younger.”
“Again the blackbirds sings; the streams Wake, laughing, from their winter dreams, And tremble in the April showers The tassels of the maple flowers.”

Source : John Greenleaf Whittier (1857*). “Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.371
“Let's say you have a pile that is not sorted. Bring it in front of you, put a sticky note on it that says 'pay bill' and the date when it is due. Then you can sort them by due date.”
“Too old to die young, and too young to grow up.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Newcastle are absolutely besotted by injuries”

Source : "Stupid football quotes: 2012's best gaffes from managers and pundits" by Steve Anglesey, www.mirror.co.uk. December 31, 2012.
“I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.”

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