"I'd be a dog, a monkey, or a bear, or anything but that vain animal who is so proud of being rational."

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Source : John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (2006). “The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, the Earl of Rochester”, p.23, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

John Wilmot

#Dog Quotes #Animal Quotes #Monkeys Quotes

“...this initiation ceremony, known as 'signing the Official Secrets Act', has no legal force; everyone is bound by the Act whether they sign the form or not.”
“It is important that spiritual advancement must keep pace with material advancement. When this comes to be realized man's journey toward higher and more lasting values will show more marked progress while the evil in him recedes into the background. Knowing that material and spiritual progress are essen- tial to man, we must ceaselessly work for the equal attainment of both. Only then shall we be able to acquire that absolute inner calm so necessary to our well-being.”

Source : The Voice of Ethiopia, April 5, 1948.
“Figure a man's only good for one oath at a time. I took mine to the Confederate States of America.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ethan". "The Searchers", www.imdb.com. 1956.
“I am in between. Trying to write to be understood by those who matter to me, yet also trying to push my mind with ideas beyond the everyday. It is another borderland I inhabit. Not quite here nor there. On good days I feel I am a bridge. On bad days I just feel alone.”
“Every source of blessing is a point of attack.”
“Comedy is important! When youre having a stressful day, and you come home, you want to watch something that makes you laugh.”
“If you know anything about James Whitcomb Riley, you know that Little Orphan Annie is one of the most fantastic characters who ever lived in America before Charlie Chaplin.”
“It should be said that we are presently, and I believe unfairly, constrained from directly promoting cigarettes to the youth market...Realistically, if our Company is to survive and prosper, over the long term, we must get our share of the youth market. In my opinion, this will require new brands tailored to the youth market...”

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