"Languages exist by arbitrary institutions and conventions among peoples; words, as the dialecticians tell us, do not signify naturally, but at our pleasure."

-- Francois Rabelais

#Arbitrary Quotes #Language Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“Black was bestlooking. ... Ebony was the best wood, the hardest wood; it was black. Virginia ham was the best ham. It was black on the outside. Tuxedos and tail coats were black and they were a man's finest, most expensive clothes. You had to use pepper to make most meats and vegetables fit to eat. The most flavorsome pepper was black. The best caviar was black. The rarest jewels were black: black opals, black pearls.”
“It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.”
“Today we must all be aware that protocol takes precedence over procedure.”

Source : "Comedian Irwin Corey, 'The World's Foremost Authority,' Dies at 102" by Mike Miller, people.com. February 7, 2017.
“Once you've been with each other in a primal, shagging state, it's hard to talk about the weather.”
“I'm always going to be looking for something artistically or whatever. I think that's part of being driven, but that doesn't necessarily mean I'm unhappy.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“If we listen to our self-love, we shall estimate our lot less by what it is than by what it is not; shall dwell upon its hindrances and be blind to its possibilities; and, comparing it only with imaginary lives, shall indulge in flattering dreams of what we should do if we had but power, and give if we had but wealth, and be if we had no temptations.”

Source : James Martineau (1905). “Tides of the Spirit: Selections from the Writings of James Martineau”
“Everyone but an idiot knows that the lower classes must be kept poor, or they will never be industrious.”

Source : "The Affordable Care Act Will Raise Wages" by Mary Manning Cleveland, www.huffingtonpost.com. Febriary 10, 2014.
“This would, at a stroke, reducetherise in prices, increase productivity, and reduce unemployment.”

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