"Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument."

-- Tryon Edwards

#Powerful Quotes #Anecdotes Quotes #Argument Quotes

“Wartihog put up his hand. "What happens if we can't read, sir?" "No boasting, Wartihog!" boomed Gobber. "Get some idiot to read it for you.”
“Human life, the person is no longer perceived as a primary value to be respected and protected, especially if poor or disabled, if not yet useful - such as the unborn child - or no longer needed - such as the elderly.”
“At every step the vast majority have expressed horror at the idea of an aggressive war.”
“My mother was a Chinese trapeze artist in pre-war Paris Smuggling bombs for the underground. And she met my father at a fete in Aix-en-Provence; He was disguised as a Russian cadet in the employ of the Axis.”
“Decisions in 10 minutes or less, or the next one is free.”
“The best place to defend is in the opposition penalty box.”
“A lie may fool someone else, but it tells you the truth: you're weak.”

Source : Tom Wolfe (2002). “The Bonfire of the Vanities: A Novel”, p.283, Macmillan
“Genuine heroism for man is still the power to support contradictions, no matter how glaring or hopeless they may seem.”

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