"My old man says when it's time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up."

-- Robert A. Heinlein

#Men Quotes #Volunteer Quotes #Important Quotes

“From authors whom I read more than once I learn to value the weight of words and to delight in their meter and cadence -- in Gibbon's polyphonic counterpoint and Guedalla's command of the subjunctive, in Mailer's hyperbole and Dillard's similes, in Twain's invectives and burlesques with which he set the torch of his ferocious wit to the hospitality tents of the world's colossal humbug . . . I know no other way out of what is both the maze of the eternal present and the prison of the self except with a string of words.”
“Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power of our military, or the size of our economy. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.”
“If you let hydrogen gas alone for 13 billion years it will become giraffes, rose bushes and humans.”
“I cringed when I heard myself described as a Jazz singer. I've always thought of myself as a Jazz vocalist.”

Source : John Gray (2012). “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: A Practical Guide for Improving Communication and Getting What You Want in Your Relationships”, p.2, HarperCollins UK
“When at last I took the time to look into the heart of a flower, it opened up a whole new world; a world where every country walk would be an adventure, where every garden would become an enchanted one.”
“The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.”
“This love was tricky...was it simply better somehow? Because these humans could hate with so much fury, was the other end of the spectrum that they could love with more heart and zeal and fire?”
“After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.”

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