"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you donâ€™t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth,"

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Source : "Standing Cheer for Roberto" by John Wilson, The Sporting News, p. 44, February 20, 1971.

Roberto Clemente

#People Quotes #Earth Quotes #Behind You Quotes

“History. Language. Passion. Custom. All these things determine what men say, think, and do. These are the hidden puppet-strings from which all men hang.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2010). “The Darkness That Comes Before: Book 1 of the Prince of Nothing”, p.265, Hachette UK
“I'm getting older. I'm getting sexier. I'm getting meaner. I can still do what I do.”
“I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy.”
“I want you to remember something for me. My name is Robbie Williams. I'm a singer, a songwriter, and a born entertainer.”
“True religion... is giving and finding one's happiness by bringing happiness into the lives of others.”
“I'm as poor as a church mouse, that's just had an enormous tax bill on the very day his wife ran off with another mouse, taking all the cheese.”
“I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles - normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.”

Source : "Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick Figures" by Adrienne So, www.wired.com. November 13, 2007.
“People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.”

Source : Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1916). “Nothing Matters, and Other Stories”

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