"There is such a thing as the courage in remaining baffled."

--

Donald Antrim

#Baffled Quotes

“When I was saving pills to kill myself, I thought there was no hope. I thought my life was over because I was a homosexual.”
“I'm a selfish football player. Each time the ball is snapped, I tell myself that I want to make that tackle, make that big play.”
“The fact that I still want the best for the world is kind of amazing. People slandered me for years and years and years. I would say to them, "Thanks for having a closed mind".”
“O tell me, friends, while yet we part, And heart can yet be heard of heart, O tell me then, for what is it Our early plan of life we quit; From all our old intentions range, And why does all so wholly change? O tell me, friends, while yet we part!”
“As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.”
“In most cases, obviously, soldiers fought because a government drafted them and gave them a rifle. At every point too, we see the role of nationalistic sentiment, commercial rivalries, and simple greed. But can we ever separate out such motives from the religious? Was that not also true of the medieval crusades?”
“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”

Source : Sun Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, CreateSpace
“Americans shocked me by their behavior and their narrow-mindedness.”

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