"Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man."

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George Gaylord Simpson

#Men Quotes #Important Quotes #Sides Quotes

“My family immigrated when I was 3, and our predecessors inhabited the Korean Peninsula for as long as can be recalled.”
“I'm simply the happiest, the placidest, when I'm writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer. ... It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time.”
“And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust.”

Source : Simon Raven (1962). “The Decline of the Gentleman”
“Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them. You don't know what they're going to wreck and destroy.”
“People who tend not to report illness are people who are highly competitive and do not want to admit they are not coping.”
“Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters.”

Source : Grover Cleveland, United States. President (1885-1889 : Cleveland), United States. President (1893-1897 : Cleveland) (1968). “Grover Cleveland, 1837-1908: chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”
“I feel like everyone who goes to The University of Texas is blessed and lucky to be there because they're getting a chance to be as good as they can be.”
“It's easier to deny the reality of the problem altogether than acknowledge that it is real.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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