"True modesty avoids everything that is criminal; false modesty everything that is unfashionable."

-- Joseph Addison

#Criminals Quotes #Modesty Quotes

“I'm not a peak oil person. I'm not a biohazard apocalyptic kind of freak. I don't have a supply of weapons or gold bars under my house.”
“Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.”

Source : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press
“Deny a strong man his due, and he will take all he can get.”

Source : Lucan (1957). “Pharsalia: dramatic episodes of the Civil Wars”
“Most old people ... are disheartened to be living in the ailing house of their bodies, to be limited physically and economically, to feel an encumbrance to others - guests who didn't have the good manners to leave when the party was over.”
“Our lives consist of two numbers: date of birth and date of death.”

Source : "Humor & Caricature magazine". October 1995.
“That's the thing that we said about the horn before: it's a focus issue. It's like a singer versus a drummer. If a drummer's playing a drum beat, and a singer starts singing, what do you think the audience is going to do?”
“I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks, and I also have a flair for getting people to like me. But to be perfectly fair to myself, I am ever-ready to confess my shortcomings, too, and a quick round of soul-searching forced me to admit that I had never been any good at all at breathing water. As I hung there from the seat belt, dazed and watching the water pour in and swirl around my head, this began to seem like a very large character flaw.”
“The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.”

Source : Salvador Dali (2013). “The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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