"Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters."

-- Cato the Elder

#Matter Quotes #Serious Quotes #Ridiculous Quotes

“I went to school with a kid who was so smart, the only time he got an answer wrong, they had to go back and change the question.”
“The world is always in movement.”

Source : "Two worlds". Nobel lecture, www.theguardian.com. December 7, 2001.
“For what I have accomplished and what I have become, I have to to thank my industry much more, my indefatigable working, rather than any outstanding talent.”
“When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly.”
“People tell me to smile, I tell them the lack of emotion on my face doesn't mean I'm unhappy.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 01, 2013
“House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year?”
“I was involved in school plays, but when I left school I did a couple of odd jobs as a baker's apprentice and then as a fruit market porter in Manchester”
“I'm not into bikinis or other revealing clothing.”

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