"Granpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said privately to me that there was always some damn fool making up a word that served no purpose except to cause trouble."

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Source : Forrest Carter (2001). “The Education of Little Tree”, p.37, UNM Press

Forrest Carter

#Purpose Quotes #World Quotes #Fool Quotes

“Of all times, it is Christmas when we must surely realize that there can be no true worship of Him who is the Christ without giving of ourselves. At this season let us, each one, reach out a little more generously in the spirit of the Christ. It is not enough to give toys and baubles. It is not enough to give alms to those in need.... It is also important that we give of ourselves with our alms.”
“Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.”
“Those no-sooner-have-I-touched-the-pillow people are past my comprehension. There is something bovine about them.”
“Technology works best when it facilitates human hope, activism, engagement & intervention.”
“He who is less than just is less than man.”

Source : John Howard Griffin (2006). “Black Like Me: The Definitive Griffin Estate Edition”, p.49, Wings Press
“People think my career started when I sent that tape to Renaissance. Iâ€™d actually been working hard for seven years before I got to that point. I was putting on parties and booking DJs around me to get my name on the flyer. I knew I had to do it for myself. I knew no one was going to come knocking on my door. I knew it was up to me.”
“I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading.”
“I did answer all of the questions put to me today, ... Nothing in my testimony in any way contradicted the strong denials that the president has made to these allegations, and since I have been asked to return and answer some additional questions, I think that it's best that I not answer any questions out here and reserve that to the grand jury.”

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