"I'm going to show you the real New York - witty, smart, and international - like any metropolis. Tell me this: where in Europe can you find old Hungary, old Russia, old France, old Italy? In Europe you're trying to copy America, you're almost American. But here you'll find Europeans who immigrated a hundred years ago - and we haven't spoiled them. Oh, Gio! You must see why I love New York. Because the whole world's in New York...."

-- Oriana Fallaci

#Witty Quotes #New York Quotes #Real Quotes

“Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. For there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.”

Source : Ron Chernow (2010). “Washington: A Life”, p.565, Penguin
“I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.”

Source : Katharine Butler Hathaway (2000). “The Little Locksmith: A Memoir”, p.14, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“In our country, learned ignorance is on the rise.”
“With a rock band, you play the same things over and over and over.”
“More content will be created today than existed in entirety before 2003.”
“Plato in his dialogue The Phaedo says that whereas sticks and stones are both equal and unequal, (so maybe what that means is that each stick is going to be equal to some other sticks and unequal to some other sticks, so equal to the stick on the left maybe but shorter than the stick on its right) the form of equal is going to be just equal, and it won't partake of inequality at all. And it will be the cause of equality in things that are equal, for example, equal sticks and stones.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“But still when the mists of doubt prevail, And we lie becalmed by the shores of age, We hear from the misty troubled shore The voce of children gone before. Drawing the soul to its anchorage.”

Source : Bret Harte (2016). “Poetical Works, Complete: Top American Novelist”, p.193, VM eBooks
“Suffering should not define you as a woman! And just because youâ€™re a man it doesnâ€™t mean that it doesnâ€™t affect you! HELP HER to remove the taboos and the loneliness surrounding this disease; be understanding, show empathy, and donâ€™t accuse her of being sensitive, delicate, or overly dramatic â€“ this is a big opportunity for you guys to show that you care and to be a real man!”

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