"An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue."

-- Henry James

#Tongue Quotes #Natural Quotes #Englishmen Quotes

“If we're open to it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives... to change us. It might be a laughing child, car brakes that need fixing, a sale on pot roast, a cloudless sky, a trip to the woods to cut down a Christmas tree, a school teacher, a Dunhill Billiard pipe...or even a pair of shoes. Some people will never believe. They may feel that such things are too trivial, too simple, or too insignificant to forever change a life. But I believe. And I always will.”

Source : Donna VanLiere (2016). “The Christmas Collection: The Christmas Shoes, The Christmas Blessing, and The Christmas Hope”, p.408, St. Martin's Press
“The Word of God never dies.”
“To have nothing is not poverty. [Lat., Non est paupertas, Nestor, habere nihil.]”
“Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.”
“A public library is the most democratic thing in the world. What can be found there has undone dictators and tyrants.”
“Never give your heart to a blockhead.”
“When you do a movie the clock is ticking. It's like a sport.”

Source : "Benicio Del Toro on Savages and Licence to Kill". Interview with Fred Topel, www.craveonline.com. November 16, 2012.
“You've got to get people to believe that change is possible... You have to show that you can fight things successfully even if you don't win.”

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