"Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase."

-- Janice Rogers Brown

#Government Quotes #World Quotes #Size Quotes

“We've all been wrong- I certainly have- and we should thank those who set us right. Not always fun, but always best in the end.”

Source : Twitter post from Sep 27, 2014
“Temperament lies behind mood; behind will, lies the fate of character. Then behind both, the influence of family the tyranny of culture; and finally the power of climate and environment; and we are free, only to the extent we rise above these.”
“Wear what you feel comfortable with. People say nasty things about what I wear in the street. I'm always in worst dressed lists, but you just have to dress for yourself and Ânobody else.”

Source : "Helena Bonham Carter unworried by Oscars after Bafta success" by Dean Piper, www.mirror.co.uk. February 20, 2011.
“You're one of 6.5 billion people now on the planet, and 99.9 percent of your genes are the same as everyone else's.”

Source : David Shields (2008). “The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll Be Dead”, p.3, Vintage
“The fear thou art in, Sancho," said Don Quixote, "prevents thee from seeing or hearing correctly, for one of the effects of fear is to derange the senses and make things appear different from what they are; if thou art in such fear, withdraw to one side and leave me to myself, for alone I suffice to bring victory to that side to which I shall give my aid;" and so saying he gave Rocinante the spur, and putting the lance in rest, shot down the slope like a thunderbolt.”
“I was a drummer, and I did a little singing too.”
“Youâ€™ve learned a new rule and itâ€™s simple: donâ€™t put yourself in situations youâ€™d like to run away from. But when you run, run back to yourself, like that bunny in Runaway Bunny runs to its mother, but you are the mother and youâ€™ll see that later and be very, very proud.”
“But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!”

Source : 1899 The Awakening, ch.6.

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