"He was neither clever nor sensitive, but he was loyal--stubbornly sometimes, and even annoyingly and stupidly so in later life."

#Clever Quotes #Loyal Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“The interesting thing for me is to put together all my influences and all my experiences I got through my traveling with my father.”
“In early life I had felt a strong desire to devote myself to the experimental study of nature; and, happening to see a glass containing some camphor, portions of which had been caused to condense in very beautiful crystals on the illuminated side, I was induced to read everything I could obtain respecting the chemical and mechanical influences of light, adhesion, and capillary attraction.”

Source : John William Draper (1973). “Scientific memoirs, being experimental contributions to a knowledge of radiant energy”, Ayer Co Pub
“I took a vow of political celibacy.”
“If I would put my talent on the table, if I would control my impulses, if I would make decisions and plans for my own life, then I could be successful.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“Silence...leads us to make a gift of self rather than a selfishness that has been gift-wrapped ...Silence does not mean running away but rather recollecting ourselves in the open space of God.”
“Police do not work at the immediate direction of the communities they serve, but through their institutional connections. Police departments may develop structures, modi operandi, and cultures that are ethically problematic.”
“The building of publicly funded stadiums has become a substitue for anything resembling an urban policy.”
“Do something useful and you will have everything you want. Doors are shut for those who are dull and lazy; life is secure for those who obey the law of work.”

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