"I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds."

-- John Candy

#Army Quotes #Pounds Quotes #Joining The Army Quotes

“Not what you do but how you do it, is the test of your capacity.”
“We've got a third, first and a pole; I don't think you could ask for much more than that. Hopefully we can finish it off [tonight].”
“There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily the public good.”

Source : Randal Marlin (2002). “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion”, p.9, Broadview Press
“It was not really a career choice that I had to make. It was something I knew right from the beginning. I had to be an actress... period.”
“I hated kissing Zoe Saldana too! I was like, "Take your tongue out of my mouth, please. Your boyfriend is standing right there." Most people think kissing beautiful costars must be great. But it's always awkward, man.”
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'”

Source : Martin Luther King Jr. (1963). “Strength to Love”
“There is something more annoying than pleasant in finding neighbors from back home chiselling in on your own exclusive New York. It mitigates your triumph in having conquered the great city and brings home the ungratifying truth that anyone can do it.”

Source : Dawn Powell (2001). “Novels, 1930-1942”
“Everyone sort of sees his own life and times as being ephemeral. One thinks that everything good or important that happened, happened in the past. But I think that seeing scenes that you are used to, but with the heightening effects of poetry, perhaps makes you value your life and times more than you might otherwise do.”

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