"Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

#Negative Quotes #Moral Quotes #Ethics Quotes

“Der, die, das, dem, den, des. German's six ways of saying 'the', like six sexual positions you never knew existed. Hey, I just sprung a boner.”
“Don’t be scared... Be positive... Please don’t think that your life is about to end... Take the right advice and act as soon as you can... If there’s an issue in your system, don’t ignore it.”
“The last verse [In My Secret Life] completely got to me, about how we all have great ideals but in reality we end up conforming, following everyone else. We want to be stronger so we lead that life inside, thinking of ourselves as these great brave souls. I literally thought when I was 15 that I was a musical genius and I could change the world, but in fact you're not and you can't and you don't, and that realisation is almost heartbreaking.”

Source : "Katie Melua: I want to start afresh". The Telegraph, September 15, 2007.
“I'll always be the baby in the family. I'm the youngest sister, but growing up with so many boys, it makes you tough. You get teased. There's no tiptoeing around each other. You say it the way it is; you're honest.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I developed a group of friends around me that were all as crazy as I was about wanting to make films.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Modern science is fast-moving, and no laboratory can exist for long with a program based on old facilities. Innovation and renewal are required to keep a laboratory on the frontiers of science.”
“[The Internal Revenue Code is] about 10 times the size of the Bible and, unlike the Bible, contains no good news”
“For a long time, sure, I was letting the pressure of being Rodney King get to me. It ain't easy. Even now, I walk into a place wondering, 'What people are thinking? Do they know who I am? What do they think about what happened? Do they blame me for the all those people who died?'”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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