"The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man."

-- Frank Herbert

#Strong Quotes #Moving Quotes #Greatness Quotes

“The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.”
“I was born on Nov. 4, which is election day ... my birthday has made more men and sent more back to honest work than any other days in the year.”
“Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.”
“I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.”
“Because' I repeated, as a breeze blew over us, "sometimes things just happen. That aren't expected. Or on the list." "Such as?" he asked "I don't know," I said, frustrated. "That's the point. It would be out of the blue, taking us by surprise. Something we might not be prepared for." "But we will be prepared," he said, confused. "We'll have the list.”
“All I say is, if you cannot ride two horses you have no right in the circus.”

Source : Opposing disaffiliation of the Scottish Independent Labour Party from the Labour Party, in 'Daily Herald' 12 January 1931 (often quoted as '...no right in the bloody circus')
“You cannot cure sclerosis, but you can forget it.”
“When I was little, I always used to like to tell stories cuz it was entertaining to people.”

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