"God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling."

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Source : Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir John Hawkins (1775). “The Complete Angler: Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation...: Prefixed, the Lives of the Author and Notes ...”, p.125

Izaak Walton

#Innocence Quotes #Calm Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position.”
“It's much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than a helping hand.”

Source : Mike Royko (2014). “Mike Royko: The Chicago Tribune Collection 1984-1997”, p.2954, Agate Digital
“Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“[Donald Trump] will be the president of the United States.”
“Her vice takes hold of her again, but she still refrains until some moment when, gnawed by some hideous caprice, she comes aground like a mournful wreck ruined by lust, in the midst of her own banal, perfidious pollution.”
“I don't begrudge rich people running for office. God knows that FDR and JFK both came from very wealthy families but I think did more to help impoverished Americans than anybody else.”

Source : "Community leaders absent as violence in Baltimore skyrockets". "The Five", www.foxnews.com. May 29, 2015.
“Jesus never told His friends to play it safe.”
“Key to the societal significance of tomorrow's leaders is the way they embrace the totality of leadership, not just including 'my organization' but reaching beyond the walls as well.”

Source : Frances Hesselbein (2002). “Hesselbein on Leadership”, p.9, John Wiley & Sons

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