"What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality and whose accumulated verisimilitude of selected episodes puts to shame the pride of documentary history."

-- Joseph Conrad

#Strong Quotes #Pride Quotes #Reality Quotes

“I am surprised by what people expect of me.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“A Coach must never forget that he is a leader and not merely a person with authority.”
“Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes They call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe”
“Pretty much whoever wins the tournament at the end of the week is the guy that putted probably the best.”
“Of all literary exercitations, whether designed for the use or entertainment of the world, there are none of so much importance, or so immediately our concern, as those which let us into the knowledge of our own nature. Others may exercise the understanding or amuse the imagination; but these only can improve the heart and form the human mind to wisdom.”
“The game of chess. Supposedly men made it up, and it's about war and men and the ravages and the bravery and the genius of commanding and moving pieces and ... No. It's marriage. The Queen moves anywhere she wants.”
“A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.”
“The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.”

Source : Charles Babbage (1841). “On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures”, p.8

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