"I'll be darned!" said Douglas. "I never thought of that. That's brilliant! It's true. Old people never were children!" "And it's kind of sad," said Tom, sitting still."There's nothing we can do to help them."

-- Ray Bradbury

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Sitting Quotes

“Take me and cast me where you will; I shall still be possessor of the divinity within me, serene and content.”
“Exercising underwater also creates tremendous benefits by challenging your body in ways you can't on dry land.”
“Our national fondness for celebrating the physical heroism of soldiers - the apparent readiness with which they sacrifice their lives to larger causes - eclipses the far less romantic displays of moral and intellectual fortitude that also distinguish so many of them. In turning them all into heroes, we have lost a sense of the individuality they also fight to preserve.”
“Now a slave is not 'held' by any legal contract, obligation, duty, or authority, which the laws will enforce. He is 'held' only by brute force. One person beats another until the latter will obey him, work for him, if he require it, or do nothing if he require it.”
“Home advantage gives you an advantage”
“Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.”

Source : Ray Charles, David Ritz (2004). “Brother Ray: Ray Charles' Own Story”, p.155, Da Capo Press
“Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.”

Source : Address to the British Institute of Management, December 13, 1977.
“Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.”

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