"What is cheaper than lust or of less value than alchemy or aphrodisiacs?"

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Source : Avram Davidson (2011). “The Avram Davidson Treasury: A Tribute Collection”, p.560, Macmillan

Avram Davidson

#Lust Quotes #Aphrodisiac Quotes #Alchemy Quotes

“I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a record shop. Still, it's not a bad life, is it? You just sit at a computer and make stuff up.”

Source : "Ian Rankin: 'I am, of course, a frustrated rock star'" by Euan Ferguson, www.theguardian.com. November 17, 2012.
“This constitution is full of mines that are going to explode. The articles stipulated in this constitution will have grave consequences if they are submitted to a referendum. This constitution will lead to a weak Iraq that is unable to defend itself.”
“Spies could be invaluable in peacetime, once the fighting actually started, their value dropped steeply. When the swords were out, it was the information your own scouts provided that mattered, not reports from unknown people whose veracity you couldn't prove.”

Source : David Weber (2014). “Safehold Boxed Set 1: Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, and By Heresies Distressed”, p.709, Tor Science Fiction
“The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.”
“What do gardeners do when they retire?”
“I think probably Australians have just a little more taste than most people.”
“Another strange notion pervading whole peoples is that the State has money of its own; and nowhere is this absurdity more firmly fixed than in America. The State has no money. It produces nothing. It existence is purely parasitic, maintained by taxation; that is to say, by forced levies on the production of others. 'Government money,' of which one hears so much nowadays, does not exist; there is no such thing.”
“But I it doesn't matter who scores the goals so long as we win.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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