"We must change the culture of politics first."

-- Michael Skolnik

#Culture Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.”
“The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.”

Source : "Introduction to Criminal Justice" by Larry Siegel, Cengage Learning, (p. 202), January 5, 2009.
“So many programs you watch on the sofa, But the real program sit on top of your shoulders.”
“Christianity cannot erase man's need for pleasure, nor can it eradicate the various sources of pleasure. What it can do, however, and what it has been extremely effective in accomplishing, is to inculcate guilt in connection with pleasure. The pursuit of pleasure, when accompanied by guilt, becomes a means of perpetuating chronic guilt, and this serves to reinforce one's dependence on God.”
“The most unpresentable persons are generally the most interesting.”

Source : Teresa de la Parra (1959). “Mama Blanca's Souvenirs”
“It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.”

Source : Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.11
“There is no such thing as a value trap. There are investing mistakes.”

Source : Dennis Altman (1982). “The Homosexualization of America”, Beacon Press (MA)
“My first paying job was guest starring in 'Touched By An Angel' when I was 12. It was very exciting. I couldn't believe you got free food all day and people were so nice to you.”

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