"It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans."

-- Mark Twain

#Thinking Quotes #New Orleans Quotes #World Quotes

“Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress”
“I've said this before, and I know this raises questions in the minds of some evangelicals. I do not believe that my mother, who never formally embraced Christianity as far as I know ... I do not believe she went to hell.”
“Any working cartoonist will tell you this, anybody who's working in a creative field: at some point, it's a job. You have deadlines. I think, for over a year, I refused to make them for publications, because I only wanted to make them when I wanted to make them. But at some point, I was like, "This is crazy, you have an opportunity to be a professional cartoonist.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Miss Piggy and Chicken Little may rest easy, but gay people in Florida and California can no longer get married.”

Source : "Samantha Ronson: Defeat of Gay Measures 'Frightening'" by Mike Fleeman, people.com. November 6, 2008.
“I am against nationalism, and I am against patriotism. They are both the dark side. It is time not simply to redefine a kinder-and-gentler patriotism, but to sweep away the notion and acknowledge it as morally, politically, and intellectually bankrupt. It is time to scrap patriotism.”

Source : Robert Jensen (2004). “Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Claim Our Humanity”, p.39, City Lights Books
“Money doesnâ€™t know about clocks, schedules or holidays and you shouldnâ€™t either. Â Money loves people that have great work ethic.”
“I've met serial killers and professional assassins and nobody scared me as much as MrsT.”

Source : 2000 On Margaret Thatcher. In The Times, 7 Mar.
“The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he loves them whole, without retouching. Yet the word used for this unqualifying affection is 'cynicism'.”

Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books

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