"Good results are sometimes owing to a failure of judgment, because the faculty of judgment often hinders us from undertaking many things which would succeed if carried through without thinking."

-- Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable

#Failure Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Owing Quotes

“He was not bound. No one led him by the arm. He got out of the carriage as if he were a free man.”
“Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I went through that phase where I wanted to almost be different than my brother. Just kind of argued a little louder or if there was a curfew, I always came in a little later than I was supposed to. If it was set for 12, I would come in at 12:45. I would test the limits a little. There was no real reason and I grew out of it, eventually.”
“Youâ€™ve never been to school, ever? If thatâ€™s trueâ€”and youâ€™re right, I donâ€™t think it isâ€”what made you decide to come this year?â€ â€œYou.”
“It's the boredom that kills you. You read until you're tired of that. You do crossword puzzles until you're tired of that. This is torture. This is mental torture.”
“Morality must always precede and accompany religion, and yet religion is much more than morality.”
“I don't believe there are any powers, which in the larger sense, are unnatural or even supernatural. I think we just do not yet scientifically understand all of the powers inherent in the human consciousness, and the more attuned we are to the realm of spirit, the more our conscious mind is available to subconscious, spiritual prompting.”
“I was such a late bloomer I didnâ€™t have feelings towards men or women, and frankly I was a little surprised when it turned out to be men”

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