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“I should, many a good day, have blown my brains out, but for the recollection that it would have given pleasure to my mother-in-law.”

Should Law Mother Given Pleasure Brain Good Day In-laws Recollection Mother In Law

Book:Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose

Source: Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose

“What the ordinary person means by a 'miracle' is some gross distortion or suspension of the laws of nature... but life itself strikes him as commonplace, when in truth a blade of grass or a neuron in the brain is a greater miracle.”

Mean Persons Law Brain Greater Ordinary Miracle Strikes Grass Gross Blades Laws Of Nature Commonplace Distortion Neurons Suspension Blades Of Grass Ordinary Person

Book:Best of Sydney J. Harris

Source: Best of Sydney J. Harris

“I recognise a distinction between dream life and real life, between appearances and actualities. I confess to an over-powering desire to know whether I am asleep or awake--whether the environment and laws which affect me are external and permanent, or the transitory products of my own brain.”

Knows Real Dream Law Desire My Own Brain Environment Products Appearance Real Life Permanent Awake Distinction Recognise Actuality Transitory

Book:Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft

Source: Against Religion: The Atheist Writings of H.P. Lovecraft

“Thoughts are no more than electrical surges in the brain. Sexual arousal is no more than a flow of chemicals to certain nerve endings. Sadness is no more than a bit of acid transfixed in the cerebellum. In short, the body is a machine, subject to the same laws of electricity and mechanics as an electron or clock.”

Body Law Certain Bits Brain Sadness Subjects Flow Machines Clock Nerves Chemicals Electricity Mechanic Acid Electrical Electrons Arousal

Book:Einstein's Dreams

Source: Einstein's Dreams

“It is the lawyers who run our civilization for us -- our governments, our business, our private lives. Most legislators are lawyers; they make our laws. Most presidents, governors, commissioners, along with their advisers and brain-trusters are lawyers; they administer our laws. All the judges are lawyers; they interpret and enforce our laws. There is no separation of powers where the lawyers are concerned. There is only a concentration of all government power -- in the lawyers.”

Government Running Law President Brain Judging Civilization Concerned Lawyer Separation Concentration Governors Private Life Legislators Adviser Separation Of Powers Commissioners

Author:Fred Rodell

“Homeland Security is armed and locked and ready to blow your brains out if you start protesting martial law.”

Ifs Law Brain Security Ready Blow Locked Homeland Homeland Security Martial Law

Author:Gerald Celente