"Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent."

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Source : Christopher Isherwood, James J. Berg, Chris Freeman (2001). “Conversations with Christopher Isherwood”, p.171, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Christopher Isherwood

#Intelligent Quotes #Silliness Quotes #Capable Quotes

“In France, I would like to worth with Patrice Chereau, who made Queen Margot.”
“We are responsible for our captivity to sin. In our foolishness, we forget God. However, God intervenes!”
“I worshipped Berry Gordy for the creative dreams he had made come true.”
“Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.”

Source : "Discourse on the Revolutionary Upheavals on the Surface of the Earth". Book by Georges Cuvier, 1825.
“Can words such as Orthodox, Jew, or Catholic really express some sort of exclusive personal virtues or merits?”
“I love opposition that has convictions.”
“Had I been present at the Creation, I would have given some useful hints for the better ordering of the universe. Remarking on the complexity of Ptolemaic model of the universe after it was explained to him. Footnote: Carlyle says, in his History of Frederick the Great, book ii. chap. vii. that this saying of Alphonso about Ptolemy's astronomy, 'that it seemed a crank machine; that it was pity the Creator had not taken advice,' is still remembered by mankind, - this and no other of his many sayings.”
“It is a curious and painful fact that almost all the completely futile treatments that have been believed in during the long history of medical folly have been such as caused acute suffering to the patient. When anesthetics were discovered, pious people considered them an attempt to evade the will of God. It was pointed out, however, that when God extracted Adam's rib He put him into a deep sleep. This proved that anesthetics are all right for men; women, however, ought to suffer, because of the curse of Eve.”

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