"Nature and society are so replete with startling contrasts that wit often consists in the mere statement and comparison of facts, as when Hume says that the ancient Muscovites wedded their wives with a whip instead of a ring."

-- Edwin Percy Whipple

#Wife Quotes #Facts Quotes #Ancient Quotes

“We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains.”
“You can't go to the store and buy a good ear and rhythm.”

Source : FaceBook post by Les Paul from Jun 22, 2015
“The application of force alone, without support based on a spiritual concept, can never bring about the destruction of an idea or arrest the propagation of it, unless one is ready and able to ruthlessly to exterminate the last upholders of that idea even to a man, and also wipe out any tradition which it may tend to leave behind.”
“Routine shortens and variety lengthens time, and it is therefore in the power of men to do something to regulate its pace. A life with many landmarks, a life which is much subdivided when those subdivisions are not of the same kind, and when new and diverse interests, impressions, and labours follow each other in swift and distinct successions, seems the most long...”

Source : William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1909). “The Map of Life”
“Acceptance of race mixture was more developed in Arab culture than in Jewish culture.”
“Individuals out of work for an extended period can become less employable as they lose the specific skills acquired in their previous jobs and also lose the habits needed to hold down any job.”
“There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.”
“If you're black in America, race is a factor in your life. Start with that assumption.”

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