"The time must come to all of us, who live long, when memory is more than prospect. An angler who has reached this stage and reviews the pleasure of life will be grateful and glad that he has been an angler, for he will look back on days radiant with happiness, peaks of enjoyment that are no less bright because they are lit in memory by the light of a setting sun."

-- Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon

#Memories Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Lakes Quotes

“To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.”
“In the old days, words like sin and Satan had a moral certitude. Today, they're replaced with self-help jargon, words like dysfunction and antisocial behavior, discouraging any responsibility for one's actions..”
“The keynote of American civilization is a sort of warm-hearted vulgarity. The Americans have none of the irony of the English, none of their cool poise, none of their manner. But they do have friendliness. Where an Englishman would give you his card, an American would very likely give you his shirt.”
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”

Source : "Meet the Robinsons". The ending credits of the movie, 2007.
“And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway was the best part of the day? Wasn't it terrible that after all the work one put into finding a person to spend one's life with, after making a family with that person, even in spite of missing that person...that solitude was what one relished the most, the only thing that, even in fleeting, diminished doses, kept one sane?”
“If you play it safe every time, then you're missing the best part of acting. You haven't learned anything about your humanity.”
“We do have an obligation to deter conflict and to prepare for it should it occur.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Anyone who's had a tattoo knows once you get your first one, as you're walking out the door, you're planning the next.”

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