"I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good."

-- Seneca the Elder

#Lines Quotes #Citing Quotes #Ashamed Quotes

“I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.”

Source : "What the Internet is hiding from you". Interview with Doug Gross, www.cnn.com. May 19, 2011.
“And guys don't get attached, guys don't give themselves over completely, and guys lie. That's why they should be handled with great trepidation, not trusted, and held at arm's length whenever possible.”
“I'm tired," she uttered complainingly. "I know you are." "You don't know anything about it. Why should you know? I never was so exhausted in my life. But it isn't unpleasant. A thousand emotions have swept through me to-night. I don't comprehend half on them. Don't mind what I'm saying; I am just thinking aloud.”
“Innovative efforts should never report to line managers charged with responsibility for ongoing operations. The new project is an infant and will remain one for the foreseeable future, and infants belong in the nursery. The 'adults', that is, the executives in charge of existing businesses or products will have neither the time nor understanding for the infant.”
“You two have to promise to be careful!" Sinead handed Amy a small plastic bag. "I made you a going-away presentâ€“a high-powered miniature smoke bomb. Could come in handy against the Vespers. It works with knockout gas, so I tossed in a couple of breathing filters." "That's the Cahill equivalent of a Hallmark moment," Dan observed. "A smoke bomb. When you care enough to send the very bestâ€“explosives." "I'm not a flowers-and-candy kind of girl," Sinead informed him.”

Source : Gordon Korman, Scholastic Multi-Platform, (2011). “The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Book 1: The Medusa Plot”, p.48, Scholastic Inc.
“Solid stone is just sand and water...Sand and water and a million years gone by.”
“When I was younger I could never get up in the morning, I always found it so difficult. If I had an appointment, I had no problem, but just getting up early for the sake of it was so hard, I just loved my bed (and still do!).”

Source : "Benjamin Stone | Interview by Ocean Pleasant, Youth Editor". Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“To be accused of 'channeling' is to be dismissed as a ventriloquist's live dummy, derogated at not having a mind of one's own.”

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