"I don't think I'm cut out for a job where you have to look professionally tidy. I prefer working in my pajamas and taking showers after lunch."

-- Kelly Link

#Jobs Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I mean, I suppose when I'm in London, I'm home so I'm more comfortable.”
“The Universal Declaration of Human Rights describes the family as the natural and fundamental unit of society. It follows that any choice and decision with regard to the size of the family must irrevocably rest with the family itself, and cannot be made by anyone else.”
“If it's just a symbol, then to hell with it !”
“The central question of the Chicago conference was whether the mechanisms underlying microevolution can be extrapolated to explain the phenomena of macroevolution. At the risk of doing violence to the positions of some of the people at the meeting, the answer can be given as a clear No.”
“He who, in questions of right, virtue, or duty, sets himself above all ridicule, is truly great, and shall laugh in the end with truer mirth than ever he was laughed at.”
“Emotion turning back on itself, and not leading on to thought or action, is the element of madness.”

Source : John Sterling (1848). “Essays and Tales: Fragments from the travels of Theodore Elbert. Thoughts. Tales and apologues”, p.116
“Because life is short. I feel weâ€™re made of a hunger, a desire for life â€“ if that can be described as a material. As I get older, Iâ€™m trying to open that channel more. If you donâ€™t, if you close off desire and get complacent, life loses its freshness and sweetness, and thatâ€™s what I crave. Thatâ€™s my bliss.”
“Why are you standing here, Charlie Brown?" "I'm waiting for that little red-haired girl to walk by... I'm going to say hello to her and ask her how she's enjoying her summer vacation, and just sort of talk to her... You know..." "You'll never do it, Charlie Brown... You'll panic..." "Besides that, she's already walked by!”

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