"It was not certain what significance the ceremony held... but the formality was no less sacred for it being unintelligible"

-- Mervyn Peake

#Sacred Quotes #Certain Quotes #Ceremony Quotes

“The British have been particularly shy about the issues of financial regulation, and attentive only to the interests of the City - hence their reluctance to see the introduction of a tax on financial transactions and tax harmonisation in Europe.”
“In fact I thought life was pretty much a losing proposition, and I didn't mind saying so.”
“If we have learned nothing else from the 20th century, we should at least have grasped that the more perfect the answer, the more terrifying its consequences. Incremental improvements upon unsatisfactory circumstances are the best that we can hope for, and probably all we should seek.”

Source : Tony Judt (2010). “Ill Fares the Land”, p.109, Penguin
“I've done a bit of Latin in my time...but I can control it.”
“In a personalized world, important but complex or unpleasant issues are less likely to come to our attention at all.”

Source : Eli Pariser (2011). “The Filter Bubble: How the New Personalized Web Is Changing What We Read and How We Think”, p.21, Penguin
“But the suit I wear is my work attire, and nothing else.”
“Tories must end tribalism and divisions.”
“There's nobody between you and the print. Nobody. It's you and the subject and the final print. And if you get it published that way, you've said it.”

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