"All cows were like other cows, all tigers like all other tigers - What on earth happened to human beings?"

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Source : Harry Mulisch (2003). “Siegfried”, Viking Press

Harry Mulisch

#Earth Quotes #Cows Quotes #Humans Quotes

“Precious Saviour! come in spirit, and lay Thy strong, gentle grasp of love on our dear boys and girls, and keep these our lambs from the fangs of the wolf.”
“Love is many things none of them logical.”

Source : William Goldman (2013). “The Princess Bride: An Illustrated Edition of S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure”, p.120, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Anger and worry are the enemies of clear thought.”
“There are two kinds of people in this world. The kind who divide the world into two kinds of people and those who don't.”
“Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think, creation's.”
“I never thought we would rise to the height where the salaries are today. The rules have changed an awful lot. That benefits the public. Let's put it this way. It makes the game a little more exciting is what I think players were trying to work for because there would be more scoring in the games.”

Source : Source: www.cyinterview.com
“One day, when I was doing well in class and had finished my lessons, I was sitting there trying to analyze the game of tic-tac-toe... The teacher came along and snatched my papers on which I had been doodling... She did not realize that analyzing tic-tac-toe can lead into dozens of non-trivial mathematical questions.”
“If the members of a class do not understand -- if those directly addressed fail to listen, or listening, fail to recognize a power in the voice -- surely the fault lies with the speaker, who, having attempted to secure their attention and enlighten their understandings, has failed in the attempt.”

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