"When I lost my decathlon world record I took it like a man. I only cried for ten hours."

-- Daley Thompson

#Men Quotes #World Quotes #Records Quotes

“The so-called godly man may be more likely to do serious wrong than a man who deeply questions himself. The 'godly man' often zealously follows religious precepts that, in the end, justify an unjust injury to others, while the questioning man, addressing his own conscience, may have the better chance to consider all the circumstances and come to the just decision.”

Source : Gerry Spence (2002). “Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life”, p.44, Macmillan
“You can have a wages policy imposed by mass unemployment.”
“Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?”
“I like showing the gritty truthful dark side of humanity.”
“What if I were Romeo in black jeans?”

Source : Song: No Myth Romeo In Black Jeans, Album: March
“One must never forbid oneself anything. One must also be able to go back, one must always be able to change...”

Source : Hans Hartung, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (1975). “Hans Hartung: Paintings, 1971-1975 : [exhibition], October 16, 1975-January 4, 1976 : [catalogue].”, p.25, Metropolitan Museum of Art
“One of the questions asked in that study was, How many Vietnamese casualties would you estimate that there were during the Vietnam war? The average response on the part of Americans today is about 100,000. The official figure is about two million. The actual figure is probably three to four million. The people who conducted the study raised an appropriate question: What would we think about German political culture if, when you asked people today how many Jews died in the Holocaust, they estimated about 300,000? What would that tell us about German political culture?”
“In the killing of animals there is cruelty, rage, and the accustoming of oneself to the bad habit of shedding innocent blood.”

Source : Joseph Albo (1929). “ספר העקרים: book of principles”, [Philadelphia

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