"The most humble research scientist in the Department of Agriculture is at this time contributing more to this country than the most useful member of Congress."

-- Fiorello H. La Guardia

#Country Quotes #Humble Quotes #Agriculture Quotes

“I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons.”
“If I wanted to make a record to represent myself, I wouldn't put any (covers on it).”

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“One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.”
“Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.”
“The academic mind can eat away the very basis of its own assurance ... produce contortions when it tries to bend over backward ... allow itself to be dismayed by the picture it has created of relentless historical process.”
“Then my mother was taken ill and died and my father took me to St. Mary's.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?”
“I started saying things in church that didn't meet with a lot of approval - like 'Jesus isn't coming back.' They started throwing Bibles.”

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