"Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication."

-- Maya Lin

#Parent Quotes #Chinese Quotes #Eras Quotes

“Where love fails we espy all faults.”

Source : John Ray, John Belfour (1813). “A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages”, p.15
“The only people, scientific or other, who never make mistakes are those who do nothing.”
“To have the opportunity to work with Tiger Woods was just so awesome. I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the challenge. I enjoyed the good parts where he was winning. And I enjoyed the challenge to help him get better. But six years was enough.”

Source : "'It's not easy being Tiger'". Interview with Scott T. Miller, www.espn.com. December 6, 2012.
“You're a slave in your own country, White Man. Each year you get to keep less of the fruits of your labor; each year it gets more difficult to carry the burden the aliens have placed upon you; each year the cheap labor of aliens makes your future less secure; each year you retreat a few steps more into the world of slavery.”

Source : "White Power". Book by George Lincoln Rockwell, 1967.
“United we stand, divided we fall is one of the oldest and truest slogans of the Labour movement.”
“By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question.”
“Why would they have book covers if we aren't supposed to judge the book by them? It makes no sense.”
“Therapy is extremely expensive. Popping bubble wrap is radically cheap.”

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