"The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day."

-- Norman Douglas

#Realizing Quotes #Dishes Quotes

“People feel that building a rocket for Mars is an exciting project, but if you see the refugees around the world and the millions of homeless people, then for me it's insulting that people are fantasizing about leaving planet Earth and going wherever.”
“Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.”
“That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well - and just have fun on stage.”
“Wealth is the sinews of affairs.”
“The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent arrivals on a planet that is four and a half billion years old.”
“How could passion run so deep Had I never thought That the crime of being born Blackens all our lot?”
“To connect with the great river we all need a path, but when you get down there there's only one river.”
“No one can obtain felicity by pursuit. This explains why one of the elements of being happy is the feeling that a debt of gratitude is owed, a debt impossible to pay. Now, we do not owe gratitude to ourselves. To be conscious of gratitude is to acknowledge a gift.”

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