"You could live without the opera singer, but not without the services of the baker. On this ground you might say that the baker performs a greater service; but no lover of music would agree."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Music Quotes #Bakers Quotes #Opera Quotes

“If you don't know the guy on the other side of the world, love him anyway because he's just like you. He has the same dreams, the same hopes and fears. It's one world, pal. We're all neighbors.”

Source : Interview with Joe Hyams, Playboy magazine, February 1963.
“Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation- in fairy tales, in analysis, and in individuation. The key question causes germination of consciousness. The properly shaped question always emanates from an essential curiosity about what stands behind. Questions are the keys that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.”
“And evermore the waters worship God;-- And bards and prophets tune their mystic lyres While listening to the music of the waves!”
“Genius is initiative on fire.”
“The broader problem is that a great deal of popular preaching and teaching uses the bible as a pegboard on which to hang a fair bit of Christianized pop psychology or moralizing encouragement, with very little effort to teach the faithful, from the Bible, the massive doctrines of historic confessional Christianity.”
“Though tax records are generally looked upon as a nuisance, the day may come when historians will realize that tax records tell the real story behind civilized life. How people were taxed, who was taxed, and what was taxed tell more about a society than anything else. Tax habits could be to civilization what sex habits are to personality. They are basic clues to the way a society behaves.”

Source : Charles Adams (1993). “For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield
“I know that there are a billion girls out there that would kill to be in my position, and I never forget that.”
“Early rising is also essential to the good government of a family. A late breakfast deranges the whole business of the day, and throws a portion of it on the next, which opens the door for confusion to enter.”

Source : Mary Randolph (2012). “The Virginia Housewife: Or Methodical Cook: A Facsimile of an Authentic Early American Cookbook”, p.14, Courier Corporation

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