"My dad had this rock hard body and would work 12- to 13-hour days. The guys he worked with were scrap-iron guys. Nobody on that road crew had read a book in 10 years, but there was something about the way they lived I really admired."

-- Richard Russo

#Dad Quotes #Book Quotes #Years Quotes

“All of us as consumers have gotten spoiled, ... We expect customized goods and services at commodity prices. The only way we can do that is to cut the fat out of our price structure.”
“A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops.”
“Energy use, transportation options, food choices, water use, purchasing choices, participating in elections, volunteering for nonprofits . . . and within each of these categories, each of us can learn to live a more conscious life.”

Source : "Jayni Chase: Founder, Center for Environmental Education Interview: Chip Comins". Interview with Chip Comins, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Before we can pray, "Lord, Thy Kingdom come," we must be willing to pray, "My Kingdom go."”
“When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
“No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him.”

Source : Harry Emerson Fosdick (2007). “The Meaning of Prayer”, p.174, Cosimo, Inc.
“All real difficulty stems from no responsibility. Full responsibility is not fault; it is recognition of being cause.”
“What is evil? What is - where does the evil come from that lies behind someone like Saddam Hussein, or Radovan Karadzic, or General Claude Raymond in Haiti. As I say, I've tended to find these people - I mean, Saddam, I've never met or interviewed - but these other people to be rather disappointing. Their political goals were mundane. What they had working for them was opportunism, was very often cleverness and was ruthlessness.”

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