"All euphemisms are dishonest, but many are designed to make life easier"

-- Kate Burridge

#Easier Quotes #Euphemism Quotes

“Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to thinkâ€¦”
“Surely until all of us own and honor one another's dead, until we have admitted to our murders and forgiven one another and ourselves for what we have done, there can be no truce, no dignity and no peace.”

Source : Alexandra Fuller (2011). “Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness”, p.146, Simon and Schuster
“Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance. In teaching we rely on the 'naturals,' the ones who somehow know how to teach.”
“Think truly, and thy thoughts shall the world's famine feed.”

Source : Horatius Bonar (1867). “Hymns of Faith and Hope. New edition. [Selected from Series 1-3.]”, p.113
“I will never again attempt to tell any young person what to do - the really gifted don't need advice and the others can't take it.”

Source : Katherine Anne Porter, Joan Givner (1987). “Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations”, p.119, Univ. Press of Mississippi
“If you are not vegan, please consider going vegan. Itâ€™s a matter of nonviolence. Being vegan is your statement that you reject violence to other sentient beings, to yourself, and to the environment, on which all sentient beings depend.”
“I love film and I love the film business. And I don't think there's any better way, with my personality, than being a producer which is a little bit of a control freak.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I'm not big on looking back beyond the moment in which decisions and events occur. I'm always pushing forward.”

Source : "Q&A With David Stern: Part 1". Interview with Jason Friedman, www.nba.com. December 18, 2012.

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