"Here and there among men, there are those who pause in the hurried rush to listen to the call of a life that is more realâ€¦ He who sees and hears too much is cursed for a dreamer, a fanatic, or a fool, by the mad mob who, having eyes, see not, ears and hear not, and refuse to understandâ€¦"

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Source : Harold Bell Wright (1907). “The Shepherd of the Hills”

Harold Bell Wright

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“I wanted to get in the ring and be like Muhammad Ali.”
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Source : H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.29, Vintage
“There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.”
“In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding.”
“There is no business, there are only people. Business exists only among people and for people.”
“There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's liberty for a filthy bowl of oatmeal and promise of security by liars.”
“I don't like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.”
“I am not angry. I am just disappointed that, once again, a hotel has tried to convince me it will move heaven and earth to ensure I am comfortable when, in reality, it won't even pass me the coffee pot!”

Source : Richard Quest's blog for CNN, August 29, 2007.

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