"Why can't we resist the urge to second-guess and evaluate each other?...Sometimes I wonder if the final judgment will be a breeze compared with what we've put each other through here on earth. p 225"

-- Sheri L. Dew

#Finals Quotes #Earth Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“When life is good and we have no problems, we can almost let ourselves believe we have no need for God. But in my experience, sometimes the richest blessings come through pain and hard things.”
“Social Security's future has gotten worse, and each year we delay reform adds to the cost we are pushing off onto our children.”
“There were times, I could say, later in the career, that I wished that my voice would be deeper for materials that I might've wanted to select to do. But that's the style of my voice. There's nothing I can do about the heighth of my voice. And so I learned to deal with it.”

Source : "'Fresh Air' Remembers Jazz Singer Jimmy Scott". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 16, 2014.
“Well, I think the Yoruba gods are truthful. Truthful in the sense that i consider religion and the construct of deities simply an extension of human qualities taken, if you like, to the nth degree. i mistrust gods who become so separated from humanity that enormous crimes can be committed in their names. i prefer gods who can be brought down to earth and judged, if you like.”
“I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.”
“Find a perspective that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary.”
“Conscience is God present in man.”
“What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.”

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