"It is often merely for an excuse that we say things are impossible."

-- Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#Positive Thinking Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Impossible Quotes

“Each of us, Leonard Read said, must become candles of liberty in the darkness of collectivist ideas. The brighter we each shine through our understanding and ability to articulate the meaning of freedom, the more we will be beacons that can attract others.”

Source : Robert D. Mcteer, Jr., Richard M. Ebeling, Paul Hollander, John Stelle Gordon, J. Kenneth Balckwell (2005). “The Conditions of Free Market Capitalism”
“What occurred to me on [â€˜The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonâ€™], and also with the passing of her mother, is that there's going to come a time when I'm not going to get to be with this person anymore. I'm not going to get to be with my children anymore. Or friends, people I love and respect. And so, if we have a flare-up, it evaporates now. I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love.”

Source : "Brad Pitt reveals he DID fall in love with Angelina Jolie on set of Mr And Mrs Smith while still married to Jennifer Aniston" by Jody Thompson, www.mirror.co.uk. December 11, 2008.
“Personally Im very happy to be behind the scenes. I like collaboration, I like working with directors.”
“If you turn a smiling face on the world, you've got a chance of finishing up a good-looking old person.”

Source : "What I see in the mirror: Rolf Harris" by Rolf Harris, www.theguardian.com. December 16, 2011.
“One ought to have the right to have a secret and to spring it as a surprise. But if you live inside a family you have neither.”
“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything”

Source : Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.98, Penguin
“The only people who still read poetry are poets, and they mostly read their own.”

Source : Barbara Holland (1999). “Wasn't the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories”, Harcourt
“I was so grateful to be independent of the academic establishment. I thought, how awful it would be to have my future hinge on such people and such decisions.”

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