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  • The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Long Quotes , Use Quotes
  • I look at the newspapers, and I cannot believe most of the stories I read. Bernie Madoff, who actually screwed millions of people for billions of dollars, it's just unbelievable what he got away with and how long it took for him to be exposed. A guy like that should be hanged.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Alan Abel Quotes , Believe Quotes , Long Quotes
  • The Planned Parenthood 7" project is an example of us putting our noses to the grindstone on and trying to make a little difference. Working on that was my way of handling my own emotions about Donald Trump. I was talking about politics for so long, I just kind of ran out of juice on that.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aaron Dessner Quotes , Long Quotes , Trying Quotes
  • In the long term, we've got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. There' a reason why people like [Al-Qaida leader Osama] bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you don't have hope, you're attracted to an ideology which says, it's OK to kill people and kill yourself.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Hate Quotes , Long Quotes