"It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk."

-- Bertolt Brecht

#Fog Quotes #Clerks Quotes #Bankers Quotes

“The illusion of magic is an idealistic fantasy; it exists only in the imagination of the spectator.”
“History...a release from the troublesome promiscuous present.”
“During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.”

Source : John James Audubon (1996). “Selected Journals and Other Writings”, Penguin Group USA
“He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge repeats with deep conviction the words uttered by the patriarch Abraham when he was granted the manifestation of God: 'I am dust and ashes' (Gen. 18:27).”
“Steve Coogan does something for me. He is so naughty, but I quite fancy him.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was absent at the moment I took up the most space.”
“I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror.”
“I came to believe that a leader isn't good because they're right; they're good because they're willing to learn and to trust.”

Source : "Listen, learn ... then lead". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2011.

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