"I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients."

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Source : "Memorable Quotations: Jewish Writers of the Past" edited by Carol A. Dingle, 2005.

Oscar Levant

#Funny Quotes #Depressing Quotes #Patient Quotes

“You can have knowledge, and you can be meticulous in your preparation; but without the unction of the Holy Spirit you will have no power, and your preaching will not be effective.”
“I'm the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids.”
“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.”
“Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due”

Source : Ian Fleming (1964). “On her Majesty's Secret Service”
“Always Wear Flats and Have Your Friends Sleep Over: A Step-by-Step How-To Guide for Avoiding Getting Murdered”
“But why? Why do you need prophets to tell you how you ought to live? Why do you need anyone to tell you how you ought to live”
“Because we [the USA] are so powerful, our failures resonate more. In some ways, the worst victims of our institutional and elite failures, through the ripple effect of financial crisis and war, aren't Americans.”
“The march of the human mind is slow.”

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