"As the few adepts in such things well know, universal morality is to be found in little everyday penny-events just as much as in great ones. There is so much goodness and ingenuity in a raindrop that an apothecary wouldn't let it go for less than half-a-crown..."

-- Georg C. Lichtenberg

#Everyday Quotes #Let It Go Quotes #Half Quotes

“... we should be miserable but for the consciousness that we have done all in our power to help forward every measure for the freedom and equality of the races and the sexes.”
“Why be thrifty when your old age and health care are provided for, no matter how profligate you act in your youth? Why be prudent when the state insures your bank deposits, replaces your flooded-out house, buys all the wheat you can grow? ... Why be diligent when half of your earnings are taken from you and given to the idle?”
“I'm not dismissing prostitutes, but a lot has changed. This so-called gentrification, it can never be stopped.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.”
“Why are people so fascinated by how to eat Valomilks?â€™ She said, â€˜Well, Dad, theyâ€™re round and theyâ€™re messy. But thatâ€™s what makes them fun. Once we get older weâ€™re not supposed to be messy anymore. But for one moment when youâ€™re eating a Valomilk, itâ€™s okay to be messy again.”

Source : Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: A Journey Through the Chocolate Underbelly of America”, p.190, Algonquin Books
“You have to try to push yourself to the limit. You can't worry about making a mistake. If you worry about it, you'll lose.”
“Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters.”
“Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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