"Once somebody's aware of a plot, it's like a bone sticking out. If it breaks through the skin, it's very ugly."

--

Louis Auchincloss

#Skins Quotes #Plot Quotes #Ugly Quotes

“According to the estimate of a prominent advertising firm, above 90 per cent, of the earning capacity of the prominent nostrums is represented by their advertising. And all this advertising is based on the well-proven theory of the public's pitiable ignorance and gullibility in the vitally important matter of health.”

Source : Samuel Hopkins Adams (1912). “The Great American fraud”
“I've been beating my head all day long on the same six lines,”

Source : "Alternate Take: Levon Helm" by Tracy K. Smith, www.newyorker.com. September 21, 2009.
“One of the best things to do sometimes is simply to be.”
“We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.”
“People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die.”
“The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.”
“Ask not first what the system does; ask what it does it to!”
“When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.”

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