"Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences."

-- Boyd K. Packer

#Independent Quotes #Responsibility Quotes #Self Quotes

“Hunting and fishing involve killing animals with devices (such as guns) for which the animals have not evolved natural defenses. No animal on earth has adequate defense against a human armed with a gun, a bow and arrow, a trap that can maim, a snare that can strangle, or a fishing lure designed for the sole purpose of fooling fish into thinking they have found something to eat”
“Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.”
“I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar”
“Who rant by note, and through the gamut rage; in songs and airs express their martial fire; combat in trills, and in a fugue expire.”
“I'm always happy to blow up any misconceptions that people have about stage school cos everyone thinks it's really nasty there but it's not.”
“I never wanted to become an actor. I always wanted to be a farmer and dreamt of owning half an acre of agriculture land.”
“...Tunstell was not what one could describe as call subtle. His flaming red hair bobbed up with each pointed and articulated footstep as though he were some cloaked Gothic villain creeping across a stage.”
“A very wise dog woman once told me that dogs find owners, not the other way around. They pick you and they choose to stay with you. In that way, they are also giving you the end of their life. The deeper the bond, the harder it is to say good-bye. I know I'd rather have any amount of time with a dog I love and suffer the mourning than not have the time at all.”

Source : Julie Klam (2010). “You Had Me at Woof: How Dogs Taught Me the Secrets of Happiness”, p.67, Penguin

You may also like: