"I suppose it's too bad people can't be a little more consistent. But if they were, maybe they would stop being people."

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Source : Budd Schulberg (2011). “What Makes Sammy Run?”, p.60, Vintage

Budd Schulberg

#People Quotes #Littles Quotes #Consistent Quotes

“Seeing the Mexican fighters, it gave me, physically and mentally, ready for an all our war.”
“If there is no honesty, there is no relationship. The only degree to which there is a relationship is the degree to which you are honest. Expressing your clear desires does not make you a dictator and you telling what you think, feel, and what you want or donâ€™t want, is just called being honest. It doesn't control him at all. Youâ€™re trying to control others by withholding information by not getting involved and by not being honest. Withholding information is a form of manipulation. It is dishonest and itâ€™s destructive to a relationship.”
“There's very little greatness in this world, but in the crucible of quality there's a special corner reserved for Van Halen.”
“Oh build your ship of death. Oh build it! For you will need it. For the voyage of oblivion awaits you.”
“I always felt bad for Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa lived a whole life helping starving children and dying villages, but she could never be declared a saint 'cause she never actually performed a miracle. And it was towards the end, she was desperate to perform a miracle, so she would go up to starving children and go, 'What's that behind your ear? It's a quarter!”
“Dad himself used to tell a story about one time when Mother went off to fill a lecture engagement and left him in charge at home. When Mother returned, she asked him if everything had run smoothly. Didn't have any trouble except with that one over there,' he replied. 'But a spanking brought him into line.' Mother could handle any crisis without losing her composure. That's not one of ours, dear,' she said. 'He belongs next door.”

Source : FRANK B. GILBRETH JR. (1948). “CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN”
“Everybody expects that their vote's going to count.”

Source : "Lou Dobbs Tonight", edition.cnn.com. August 16, 2006.
“Real courage is not to give up hope, even in the most terrible darkness, and to carry on. That if courage and love is deep as despair, deeper, then light may come again”

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