Miles Kington quotes
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“Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.”
-- Miles KingtonSource : The Independent (UK), March 28, 2003.
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“Astronomers, like burglars and jazz musicians, operate best at night.”
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“Everyone wants peace - and they will fight the most terrible war to get it.”
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“Never criticize Americans. They have the best taste that money can buy.”
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“The ability of dandelions to tell the time is somewhat exaggerated, owing to the fact that there is always one seed that refuses to be blown off; the time usually turns out to be 37 o'clock.”
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“So far as good writing goes, the use of the exclamation mark is a sign of failure. It is the literary equivalent of a man holding up a card reading LAUGHTER to a studio audience.”
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“Satellite photography in the 1970's gave rise to the long-range weather forecast, a month at a time. This in turn gave rise to the observation that the long-range weather forecast was wrong most of the time. In turn, this gave rise to the dropping of the long-range weather forecast and to the admission that really accurate forecasting could only cover the next day or two, and not always then.”
-- Miles Kington
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“To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target”
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“Girls are like pianos. When they're not upright, they're grand.”
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“Even more exasperating than the guy who thinks he knows it all is the one who really does.”
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“I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.”
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Source : Adyashanti (2011). “Falling into Grace: Insights on the End of Suffering”, p.139, Sounds True
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