"A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity."

-- Robert Green Ingersoll

#Pride Quotes #Mules Quotes #Ancestry Quotes

“You know why conductors live so long? Because we perspire so much.”
“Although scientists can often be as resistant to new ideas as anyone, the process of science ensures that, over time, good ideas and theories prevail.”
“Don't dwell on your mistakes. Set achievable goals: a confident line, effective use of values, interesting shapes, exciting texture.”
“I think I'm dull. I would rather watch other people.”
“The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but when you talk to him and he's around you, he's such a gentleman. He holds doors for ladies. He pulls out chairs. He cooks. He cleans.”

Source : "Malin Akerman Talks ROCK OF AGES, the Stalled Linda Lovelace Movie, and Playing Debbie Harry in CBGB". Press day, collider.com. June 16, 2012.
“I steal things from people, characteristics, and I just stock them in my head like a library to use for characters in the future.”
“Fruitful discourse in science or theology requires us to believe that within the contexts of normal discourse there are some true statements.”

Source : Kenneth Lee Pike (1972). “Selected writings: To commemorate the 60th birthday of Kenneth Lee Pike”
“I find that I never lose Bach. I don't know why I have always loved him so. Except that he is so pure, so relentless and incorruptible, like a principle of geometry.”

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