"Piety's hard enough to take among the poor who have to practice it. A rich man's piety stinks. It's insufferable."

-- Archibald MacLeish

#Men Quotes #Practice Quotes #Atheism Quotes

“I'm in the business where you get the business all the time.”
“Those three words, Monday Night Football, resonate like no other.”
“We believe that whatever feels at first like joy is not. Or is, but will not last. Or should not last. We feel so sure of this that we will undermine our own inklings of joy, blunting the pain we think awaits.”

Source : Anneli Rufus (2014). “Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself”, p.61, Penguin
“Life punishes those who come too late.”
“I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.”
“What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.”

Source : Source: edition.cnn.com
“Three of the greatest failings, want of sense, of courage, or of vigilance.”
“I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which they have created.”

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