"Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences."

-- John Buchan

#Civilization Quotes #Modern Life Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It's important for me to treat a girlfriend with respect. My mum would be horrified if I behaved any differently - and I have sisters, and would hate for them to be treated badly by guys.”
“Say to the seceded States, "Wayward sisters, depart in peace."”

Source : Letter to William H. Seward, 3 Mar. 1861
“I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720.”

Source : John Woolman, John Greenleaf Whittier (1871). “The Journal of John Woolman”, p.51, Boston : J.R. Osgood
“I studied music since I was four years old, and from that moment I became part of a family. And that family has taught me things; not only musical things, but things I have to face in life, and that is where the success of the system lies”
“The attributes for entrepreneurs cut both ways. You need the ability to ignore inconvenient facts and see the world as it should be and not as it is. This inspires people to take huge leaps of faith. But this blindness to facts can be a liability, too. The characteristics that help entrepreneurs succeed can also lead to their failure.”
“Laws will not eliminate prejudice from the hearts of human beings. But that is no reason to allow prejudice to continue to be enshrined in our laws to perpetuate injustice through inaction.”

Source : "For the Equal Rights Amendment". Shirley Chisholm's speech in Washington, D.C., www.americanrhetoric.com. August 10, 1970.
“First you will smile, and then you will cry -- don't say you haven't been warned.”

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