Compton Mackenzie quotes
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“For me, one of the pleasures of cats company is their devotion to bodily comfort.”
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“Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whiskey makes it go round twice as fast.”
-- Compton MackenzieSource : Sir Compton Mackenzie (1950). “Tight Little Island”
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“The only mystery about the cat is why it ever decided to become a domestic animal.”
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“You are offered a piece of bread and butter that feels like a damp handkerchief and sometimes, when cucumber is added to it, like a wet one.”
-- Compton MackenzieSource : 'Vestal Fire' (1927) bk. 1, ch. 3
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“Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them.”
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“Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men, but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen”
-- Compton MackenzieSource : Literature in My Time (1933) ch. 22
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“Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams”
-- Compton MackenzieSource : Sir Compton Mackenzie (1950). “Tight Little Island”
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“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
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Source : Jeramey Kraatz, Adam Rex, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Tim Green (2012). “Class Acts Kids' Ebook Sampler”, p.55, Harper Collins
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Source : ADONIRAM JUDSON (1854). “RECORDS OF THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND ACHIEVEMENTS”, p.96
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“During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.”
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“You proved to be worthy of my devotion. Of Death’s...love”
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“In a secularising world, art has replaced religion as a touchstone of our reverence and devotion.”
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“You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.”
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