"Amiability is the redeeming quality of fools."

-- Mary Elizabeth Braddon

#Quality Quotes #Fool Quotes #Redeeming Qualities Quotes

“So the hours are pretty good then?' he resumed. The Vogon stared down at him as sluggish thoughts moiled around in the murky depths. Yeah,' he said, 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.”
“A mine is a hole in the ground with a liar on top.”
“I'm in this absolutely gorgeous manor house with acres of quite beautiful countryside. I've got trout in the river, an organic vegetable garden, I've got my work 40 yards from my home. I don't mind being criticised, but where are they criticising from? Which hut are they criticising me from, exactly?”
“Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome.”

Source : William Bligh (2009). “The Voyage of the Bounty”, p.43, BoD – Books on Demand
“Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will.”
“To be a mother is a magical experience. The whole body is transformed by this.”
“The inner self of every human waits patiently until we are ready to discover it; then it extends an invitation to enter the luminous mystery of existence in which all things are created, nurtured, and renewed. In the presence of this mystery, we not only heal ourselves, we heal the world.”
“Fair-goes are not only for oneself, but for underdogs. Even in international sporting matches Australians have been known to switch from their own side to that of a gallant challenger. Australians love a 'battler', an underdog who is fighting the top dog, although their veneration for him is likely to pass if he comes out from under.”

Source : Donald Horne (1966). “The Lucky Country: Australia in the Sixties”

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