"If you ask people to do things and they usually don't get around to them, stop asking yourself, "What's the matter with people these days?" Instead, ask yourself, "What's the matter with me? What am I doing or failing to do that causes people to give me empty promises?""

-- Ed Bliss

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Promise Quotes

“The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the community - these are the most vital things that education must try to produce.”
“There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!”
“There is never a wrong time for a polka dot.”
“We need never be bound by the limitations of our previous or current thinking, nor are we ever locked into being the person we used to be, or think we are.”

Source : Allan Lokos (2010). “Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living”, p.32, Penguin
“The real people who hold our civilization together are the maintenance people. If it weren't for them - pumping water out of subways, painting bridges to keep from rusting, fixing a steam pipe that is 70 years old - we'd be sunk. If we got rid of all the politicians and the policymakers in the world, the world would keep going. If you get rid of maintenance people, the whole thing breaks down.”

Source : Source: www.today.com
“Grow some more weed and get medicated, everyday is a holiday so we celebrate it.”
“People that went to art house theatre have more options, I used to go, but now think any movie can be delivered in a red envelope three months after it's released so why not watch it on my flat screen in the comfort of home.”
“I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.”

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