"Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine."

-- P. J. O'Rourke

#Life Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“When we married, you measured 36-24-36. Now you're 42-42-42. There's more of you, but you are not worth as much.”
“What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.”

Source : Stephen Elliott (2010). “The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder (Large Print 16pt)”, p.245, ReadHowYouWant.com
“My mother never liked Mother's Day. She thought it was a fake holiday dreamed up by Hallmark to commodify deep sentiments that couldn't be expressed with a card.”
“I don't believe in God. ...I hope he doesn't hold that against me.”
“I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We will stand by our friends and administer a stinging rebuke to men or parties who are either indifferent, negligent, or hostile, and, wherever opportunity affords, to secure the election of intelligent, honest, earnest trade unionists, with clear, unblemished, paid-up union cards in their possession.”

Source : Samuel Gompers, John McBride, William Green (1906). “The American Federationist”
“I shall never fight in the armed forces with a Negro by my side. ... Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds.”

Source : "An Unlikely Friendship: President Obama and Senator Byrd" by Eve Zibel, www.foxnews.com. June 28, 2010.
“My mother always told me that no matter how late it is, you take your makeup off. Take it off!”

Source : "My Mother Always Told Me Inaction Is Not an Option" by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 19, 2014.

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