"I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small."

-- Peter Ackroyd

#Philosophy Quotes #Reading Quotes #Remember Quotes

“Anyone can build a house: we need the Lord for the creation of a home.”

Source : John Henry Jowett (1902). “Thirsting for the Springs /.”
“I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining.”

Source : "No Third Way Out: An Interview with Vaclav Klaus". Interview with John Fund, reason.com. June 1, 1990.
“I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend. I wasn't ever sought after. I was a stocky, awkward kid who got laughed off the tennis court when I tried that.”
“Motherhood goes back in history to a time when a father had no way of knowing his children. Fatherhood only became known when class patriarchal society had established itself and imposed monogamous marriage on women. Motherhood is like sun and rain and plants, a quality and product of nature which does not require laws or systems in order to exist.”
“I'm sure that we can handle this situation maturely, just like the responsible adults that we are. Isn't that right, Mr. Poopy Pants?”

Source : "Fictional character: Lt. Frank Drebin". "The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear", www.imdb.com. June 28, 1991.
“If you wish for something hard enough, the fairy tales teach us, you can get it in the end. But it's hardly ever the way you thought it would be, and the endings aren't always happy ones.”

Source : Jennifer Weiner (2008). “Good In Bed”, p.420, Simon and Schuster
“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.”
“What percentage should you give? I tell people to start with 10 percent because the Bible writers have a lot to say about the tithe, which means, "tenth." For some people, that's extremely uncomfortable. But so is a colonoscopy, and those save countless lives.”

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