"Haste is good only in catching fleas."

-- Alla Yaroshinskaya

#Wisdom Quotes #Haste Quotes #Fleas Quotes

“P.S. Nothing personal, but I think this journal assignment is a waste of time. I know I have to do something to make up for all the work I'm missing at school, but I HATE busywork. And that's what this journal thing is. Half the teachers at school assign work they never read. When we get stupid assignments like that, I always write somewhere on my paper "blah blah blah" or "I bet you're not even reading this," are you? or "Give me a sign if you're reading this." They never are.”
“Perhaps today there is a greater kindness of tone, as there is greater ingenuity of expression to make up for the fact that all the real, solid, elemental jests against doctors were uttered some one or two thousand years ago.”
“It is possible to spend one's entire lifetime without ever experiencing the mystical realms or even without being aware of their existence.”
“I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A crown, a throne could not be based on the not too very solid foundation of blood.”

Source : "The Shah Speaks". Interview with David Frost, January 1980.
“Governors have to balance budgets. And they have to make decisions. And they have to do things that sometimes aren't popular. And they also have to bring people together to try to solve problems.”

Source : "Is the left waging a war against college men?". "The Kelly File" with Megyn Kelly, www.foxnews.com. June 17, 2015.
“It's better to be one who is told to wait than one who waits to be told.”

Source : John G. Miller (2004). “QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life”, p.104, Penguin
“I was strong and tough enough and charming. / How else is a fat Jew lesbian poet gonna get by? / Listening to the radio, staying home, staying alone, like / they mean us to. / Who means you to be left out? / Who don't?”

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