"I just wish this social institution [religion] wasnt based on what appears to me to be a monumental hoax built on an accumulation of customs and myths directed toward proving something that isnt true."

-- Andy Rooney

#Wish Quotes #Hoaxes Quotes #Social Quotes

“If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.”
“Nothing enlarges the gulf of atheism more than the wide passage that lies between the faith and lives of men pretending to teach Christianity.”
“African music, though very old, is always being rediscovered in the West.”
“I will tell you, when 20 6-year-olds are gunned down and Congress literally does nothing, yeah that's the closest I came to feeling disgusted.”
“The bandstand is a sacred place.”
“I'd like to think that on a lot of teams, I'd be a No.1. The thing I do know is that every time I take the mound, in my mind I'm the best pitcher in the league.”

Source : "Wainwright Wins 14th Cardinals 9, Padres 2 • Pitcher Also Hits His Second Home Run of the Season to Get Scoring Going in Rout Against San Diego". www.stltoday.com. August 15, 2009.
“If I may throw out a word of counsel to beginners, it is: Treasure your exceptions! When there are none, the work gets so dull that no one cares to carry it further. Keep them always uncovered and in sight. Exceptions are like the rough brickwork of a growing building which tells that there is more to come and shows where the next construction is to be.”

Source : William Bateson, Beatrice Durham Bateson (1928). “William Bateson, F. R. S., Naturalist: His Essays & Addresses, Together with a Short Account of His Life”, p.324, CUP Archive
“My favorite piece of music is the one we hear all the time if we are quiet.”

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