"The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts."

-- Aristotle

#Taste Quotes #Beast Quotes #Mass Quotes

“Change, if it is to be long lasting, must occur on the unseen levels first”
“I mean, I didn't - I should have demanded attention of the boss maybe, or something like that that might have backfired. This I would just take as it came.”
“I always tell my husband, That's it, I quit, I've done all I wanted, and he's just like, Yeah, yeah. Sure.”
“Nicolas Sarkozy said he could see a wave rising. For once he was right. The wave's coming; it's high, its strong, and it's going to smack him in the face.”
“When the winds of adversity come, remember one thing--kites fly the very highest against the wind. Kites don't fly in spite of opposition, kites fly high because of opposition. In fact, they couldn't fly without opposition.”
“An uncontrolled imagination may become as surely intoxicated by overindulgence as a toper may do bodily with strong drink.”
“I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.”
“All the dreams you show up in are not your own.”

Source : "New York Is Killing Me: The unlikely survival of Gil Scott-Heron" by Alec Wilkinson, www.newyorker.com. August 09, 2010.

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