"Talk of the imperial decay of your invalid port. Its gracious withdrawal from perfection, keeping a hint of former majesty withal, as it hovers between oblivion and the divine Untergang of infinite recession."

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Source : "One-Upmanship". Book by Stephen Potter, p. 143, 1952.

Stephen Potter

#Perfection Quotes #Hints Quotes #Decay Quotes

“Symphonies can generate a tremendous amount of sounds, beauty, and emotion. That is part of their human feel and sweetness. Keyboards, on the other hand, give us access to millions of sounds. When I put the two together, the result is unique, and itâ€™s not only pleasing to the ear, but produces emotional responses that neither of the two can achieve on their own.”
“Our lives are entwined with the people over the footlights. We are a part of them.”
“The Higher Self is whispering to you softly in the silence between your thoughts.”
“I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.”
“Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality.”
“I think, on the whole that scientists make slightly better husbands and fathers than most of us, and I admire them for it.”

Source : C.P. Snow (2010). “The Physicists”, p.91, House of Stratus
“Very quickly, without really looking back or trying, I was just suddenly lifted into another sphere.”
“There will always be a door to the light.”

Source : "Kingdom Hearts". Video game, 2002.

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