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Flying has torn apart the relationship of space and time: it uses our old clock but with new yardsticks.

Charles A. Lindbergh (1998). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

As we manipulate everyday words, we forget that they are fragments of ancient and eternal stories, that we are building our houses with broken pieces of sculptures and ruined statues of gods as the barbarians did.

Wojciech Chmurzyński, Bruno Schulz, Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza w Warszawie (1995). “Bruno Schulz 1892-1942: katalog-pamiętnik wystawy "Bruno Schulz. Ad memoriam" w Muzeum Literatury im. Adama Mickiewicza w Warszawie”

I'm a great admirer of cartoons, because I can't do cartoons.

"Tuning In to the Absurd". Interview with The New Yorker, www.newyorker.com. May 20, 2002.

I used to want to fix people, but now I just want to be with them.

Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.1, Thomas Nelson Inc

With respect to their safety, derivatives, for the most part, are traded among very sophisticated financial institutions and individuals who have considerable incentive to understand them and to use them properly.

"Hearing Regarding Ben Bernanke's Nomination to Be Chairman of the Board of Goverrnors of the Federal Reserve". U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, www.washingtonpost.com. November 15, 2005.

The power to command frequently causes failure to think.

Barbara Tuchman (2015). “The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam”, p.36, Crux Publishing Ltd

I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.

Statement by the President on the Occasion of Ramadan, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. August 11, 2010.

One deceit needs many others, and so the whole house is built in the air and must soon come to the ground

Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.101, Shambhala Publications