"Welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, welly, well. To what do I owe the extreme pleasure of this surprising visit?"

-- Anthony Burgess

#Pleasure Quotes #Wells Quotes #Surprising Quotes

“There's no business that's too small for government to torture”
“I listen to music that is of our time and I just get angry.”
“Anger makes people stupid.”

Source : William Kennedy (2011). “Very Old Bones”, p.159, Simon and Schuster
“I care less if I can't be part of your scene because I am the scene. I am everything that is.”
“It is the belief that extremes and excesses of inequality must be reduced so that each person is free to fully develop his or her full potential. This is why we take precious time out of our lives and give it to politics.”
“On September 17, 1914, Erzberger, the well-known German statesman, an eminent member of the Catholic Party, wrote to the Minister of War, General von Falkenhayn, We must not worry about committing an offence against the rights of nations nor about violating the laws of humanity. Such feelings today are of secondary importance? A month later, on October 21, 1914, he wrote in Der Tag, If a way was found of entirely wiping out the whole of London it would be more humane to employ it than to allow the blood of A SINGLE GERMAN SOLDIER to be shed on the battlefield!”

Source : "Grandeur and Misery of Victory". Book by Georges Clemenceau, trans. F. M. Atkinson, p. 279 (quoting Matthias Erzberger), 1930.
“Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.”
“In the true married relationship, the independence of husband and wife will be equal, their dependence mutual, and their obligations reciprocal.”

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