"In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer - the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power."

-- A. J. P. Taylor

#Beer Quotes #Past Quotes #Men Quotes

“Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly but already we had passed out of sight of La Muette. Astonished I cast a glance towards the river. I perceived the confluence of the Oise. And naming the principal bends of the river by the places nearest them, I cried, "Passy, St. Germain, St. Denis, Sevres!"”
“I'm pretty horrible at relationships and haven't been in many long-term ones. Leaving and moving on - returning to a familiar sense of self-reliance and autonomy - is what I know; that feeling is as comfortable and comforting as it might be for a different kind of person to stay.”

Source : " Stumptown Girl" by Margaret Talbot, www.newyorker.com. January 02, 2012.
“The competition between human beings destroys with cold and diabolic brutality... Under the pressure of this competitive fury we have not only forgotten what is useful to humanity as a whole, but even that which is good and advantageous to the individual. [...] One asks, which is more damaging to modern humanity: the thirst for money or consuming haste... in either case, fear plays a very important role: the fear of being overtaken by one's competitors, the fear of becoming poor, the fear of making wrong decisions or the fear of not being up to snuff...”

Source : "Civilized Man's Eight Deadly Sins". Book by Konrad Lorenz, 1973.
“I start every first draft with voice rather than theme or image or even character as such, so it isn't like I'm ever rubbing my hands, cackling, "The dad is really going to take it on the chin in this one!" Not in terms of any given story, and certainly not in terms of the collection as a whole.”
“While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.”

Source : Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1871). “The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government: Or, A Review of the Rise and Fall of Nations from Early Historic Times to the Present: with Special Considerations Regarding the Future of the United States as the Representative Government of the World and the Form of Administration which Will Secure this Consummation. Also, Papers on Human Equality, as Represented by Labor and Its Representative, Money: and the Meaning and Significance of Life from a Scientific Standpoint, with Its Prophecies for the Great Future”, p.19
“The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.”

Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.259, Simon and Schuster
“I don't inhale because it gives you cancer, but I look so incredibly handsome with a cigarette that I can't not hold one.”
“My proudest moment? Every Friday morning when I look at the board at Celtic Park and see my name on the team sheet for tomorrow's game.”

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