"The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy."

-- Sam Levenson

#Inspirational Quotes #Family Quotes #Children Quotes

“I encourage everyone out there to get involved.”
“Most women seem to be required to pit themselves against men in dramatic situations, and the men got to pit themselves against ideas or God.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass! Who's been pinching my beer?”
“People peep into boxes at moving stereoscopic prints, imagining they're in other worlds, and the crowd around a glassblower wonders whether icicles have formed in summer. Potted trees revive and suddenly look fresh when a florist sprinkles water on them, while papier-mÃ¢chÃ© turtles hanging out for sale move in the wind and take on souls.”

Source : Haruo Shirane (2013). “Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900”, p.210, Columbia University Press
“I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such an awful, condescending movie that debases African participation, and anything I can do to shift that and draw attention to rich and widely varied films that come from there- because there's all kinds of filmmakers from Senegal, you have Mambety, and Haroun with Grigris.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Shame, I do believe, is the most powerful emotion known to man; most discoveries and journeys of importance have been accomplished because of the ignominy that would be the result if the attempt was abandoned.”

Source : Iain Pears (1999). “AN Instance of the Fingerpost”, p.13, Penguin
“If all the stars and galaxies in the universe today were smoothed out into a uniform sea of atoms, there would only be about one atom in every cubic meter of space.”

Source : John D Barrow (2014). “The Origin Of The Universe: Science Masters Series”, p.33, Basic Books
“My Luftwaffe is invincible... And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks?”

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