"More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to."

-- Bill Bryson

#People Quotes #Trying Quotes #World Quotes

“Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.”

Source : Havelock Ellis (2012). “Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty, The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity, Auto-Erotism”, p.11, tredition
“There are no happy endings.”
“Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.”
“Milo refreshed Rae's drink and said, Talk to her. You need to get it off your chest." Then Milo turned to me and said, "Why don't you try a more subtle approach." "I demand you tell me your troubles," I said to my sister. "You're not as funny as you think you are," Rae replied.”
“For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.”
“Christianity doesn't come into it. George Bush and Tony Blair are not Christians. Religious people believe in the prophets, peace be upon them. Bush believes in the profits and how to get a piece of them. So don't ever confuse this with a war of civilizations.”

Source : CBC "The Hour" with George Stroumboulopoulos, November 20, 2006.
“I think we have a lot of tools, a lot of skills to do certain things.”

Source : Source: ftw.usatoday.com
“The best place to find material is in real life. I've always maintained that it's not until the mid-20s that you have enough of a life to draw from. There's nothing better for a comic than to go through some bad stuff - and some good stuff, like getting married.”

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

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