"So one day my mother sat me down and explained that I couldnâ€™t become an explorer because everything in the world had already been discovered. Iâ€™d been born in the wrong century, and I felt cheated."

-- Ransom Riggs

#Mother Quotes #One Day Quotes #World Quotes

“This is the thing I've never understood: If someone is going to hell for being gay or being a Jew or a Muslim or having an abortion, then what are you worried about? You don't need to try and convert these people or try and save them. If you really believe in your religion, these people are already doomed, so stop worrying about them.”

Source : "Lewis Black on politics, aging, and being the guy who yells". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. September 7, 2012.
“The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.”
“Many things are mechanical and should remain mechanical. But mechanical thoughts, mechanical feelingsâ€”that is what has to be studied and can and should be changed. Mechanical thinking is not worth a penny. You can think about many things mechanically, but you will get nothing from it.”
“Peace is the first thing the angels sang.”
“Aphorisms are essentially an aristocratic genre of writing. The aphorist does not argue or explain, he asserts; and implicit in his assertion is a conviction that he is wiser and more intelligent than his readers.”
“Reflection on the infinite seems to call, almost by definition, for infinite reflection.”
“Virtue is not photogenic.”
“Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed.”

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