"The glamour of being forbidden must not be underestimated."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Glamour Quotes #Forbidden Quotes #Underestimated Quotes

“Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 03, 2009
“In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades”
“The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.”
“She grew more and more silent about what really mattered. She curled inside herself like one of those black chimney brushes, the little shellfish you see on the beach, and you touch them, and then go inside and donâ€™t come out.”
“I love sport as long as its kept as an entertainment - not a meaning of life.”
“Those who have wisdom have all: Fools with all have nothing.”
“Of the Black Prince [his son] at CrÃ©cy, 1345: Let the boy win his spurs. [Old English] Also say to them, that they suffre hym this day to wynne his spurres, for if god be pleased, I woll this iourney be his, and the honoure therof.”
“It has been said that the great scientific disciplines are examples of giants standing on the shoulders of other giants. It has also been said that the software industry is an example of midgets standing on the toes of other midgets.”

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