"The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's glasses. They tired his eyes so that after a short time he was always obliged to stop."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Mother Quotes #Book Quotes #Tired Quotes

“I used to kiss things all the time. I would have to kiss everything, just about everything. The headboard on my bed, the steering wheel in my car. I think it was an OCD thing.”
“If my mother were a bumper sticker, she would read THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. Taylor's mom would read WHY THE F*** NOT?”

Source : Natasha Friend (2012). “My Life in Black and White”, p.45, Penguin
“Something has to change in the world. Without change, young people will have no future.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.”
“The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned his principle of constructing a lighthouse, by noticing the trunk of a tree to be diminished from a curve to a cyclinder ... and Newton, turning an old box into a water-clock, or the yard of a house into a sundial, are examples of those habits of patient observation which scientific biography attractively recommends.”
“The price of leadership is criticism.”

Source : Albert J. Dunlap, Bob Andelman (2014). “Mean Business: How I Save Bad Companies and Make Good Companies Great”, p.25, Mr. Media Books
“I'm like a child who belongs to nobody.”
“Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to the truth.”

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