"I always remember an epitaph which is in the cemetery at Tombstone, Arizona. It says: 'Here lies Jack Williams. He done his damnedest.' I think that is the greatest epitaph a man can have - When he gives everything that is in him to do the job he has before him. That is all you can ask of him and that is what I have tried to do."

-- Harry S. Truman

#Jobs Quotes #Tombstone Quotes #Lying Quotes

“Never globalize a problem if it can possibly be dealt with locally.”

Source : Garrett Hardin (1995). “Living within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population Taboos”, p.278, Oxford University Press
“i was momentarily sidetracked by the vision of Eric herding a cow into a trailer and driving it to the shoulder of the the interstate and shooing it into the trees.”
“Holiness is doing God's will with a smile.”
“I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.”
“At about the age of seven â€¦ I wrote exactly the kinds of stories I was reading: All my characters were white and blue-eyed, they played in the snow, they ate apples, and they talked a lot about the weather: how lovely it was that the sun had come out. This despite the fact that I lived in Nigeria; we didnâ€™t have snow, we ate mangoes, and we never talked about the weather, because there was no need to.”
“It is a difficult task to talk to the purpose, and to put life and perspicuity into our discourse.”
“If you are wondering what 'strong' is, it is probably not you.”
“It has nothing to do with swimming. That happens to be my sport. I'm trying to see how far I can go”

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