"Always the bridesmaid , never the bride." Always the godfather, never the god"."

-- Gregory Maguire

#Bridesmaids Quotes #Brides Quotes

“He hazardeth much who depends for his learning on experience. An unhappy master, he that is only made wise by many shipwrecks; a miserable merchant, that is neither rich nor wise till he has been bankrupt. By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering.”
“Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.”
“The result desired by the state is a wholly different one from that desired by parents, guardians, and pupils.”

Source : Lester Frank Ward (1915). “Dynamic Sociology ....”
“The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the object of our desire. Quench that fire and man turns to ashes.”
“I suppose my forcefulness will improve once my voice changes. Sopranos get no respect.”

Source : Patricia Grasso (2006). “Seducing the prince”
“I mean, I think everybody realizes that calling people racist is a waste of time; nobody buys it anymore.”

Source : "Bernie Goldberg on Far Left Calling Tea Party 'Terrorists'". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. August 1, 2011.
“I run because I enjoy it â€” not always, but most of the time. I run because I have always run â€” not trained, but run. What do I get? Joy and pain. Good health and injuries. Exhilaration and despair. A feeling of accomplishment and a feeling of waste. The sunrise and the sunset.”
“The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and the ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he is also a demure, almost a maidenlike, guest in hall, a gentle, modest, unobtrusive man. He is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.”

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