"When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment"

-- Roger Scruton

#Gratitude Quotes #Rights Quotes #Resentment Quotes

“The agenda in sexual activity, whether it's appropriate or not, has to do with lust, affection, passion, love, but the agenda in sexual harassment is not any of that. It is power, control, dominance. The tool is the same on both, but the agenda is completely different. That's what distinguishes the two.”
“Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.”
“If you own this story you get to write the ending.”
“The American administration obviously has supported the dictators in the Muslim countries and the Muslims are rising, as you can see their boiling in Libya and Egypt and many other countries and they're rising up against the oppression and the Americans should stay away from trying to, if you like, put another dictator in place, and I don't think the American interest in the current time in the Middle East with their presence, rather they should withdraw their forces, they should withdraw their own personnel, this is a very insecure time for the Americans I think.”

Source : Source: www.yahoo.com
“The required techniques of effective reasoning are pretty formal, but as long as programming is done by people that don't master them, the software crisis will remain with us and will be considered an incurable disease. And you know what incurable diseases do: they invite the quacks and charlatans in, who in this case take the form of Software Engineering gurus.”
“Nobody stands out right now. Everybody has similar styles. None of these fighters have reinvented the wheel and created a new style.”
“You have to explain to little children 'why' and you also have to listen to them and believe me, they will reason with you, they're unbelievable! So you can learn from everyone at any age. Life is about listening, leaning and never giving up. As long as you're here on earth, you're here for a purpose and it's not about you it's about what you can do to better the world you live in. And that's why I'm here, to help someone else up.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“What is it about meter and cadence and rhythm that makes their makers mad?”

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