"When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes."

-- Christopher Lasch

#Symbolism Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“A 'naughty pickle' is how I'd best describe myself. I think fun and laughter is the whole point of life.”
“A Muslim has five duties towards another Muslim; to return a salutation, visit the sick, follow funerals, accept an invitation and say 'God have mercy on you' when one sneezes.”
“Not only because the product wasn't a great product, but remember it took us five or six years to ship it. Then we had to sort of fix it. That was what I might call Windows 7.”
“I'd rather die like a man, than live like a coward”
“But I'm not to be caught with such poor bait! I'm a big fish, I am.”
“First of all, I can't really claim to be a great chef.”
“As both a former governor and a Naval officer I can tell you energy security remains among biofuels' most important benefits.”
“Aspirations after the holy,--the only aspiration in which the human soul can be assured that it will never meet with disappointment.”

Source : Maria Jane McIntosh (1851). “Grace and Isabel: Or, to Seem and to be”, p.196

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