"I've dealt with many crises in my life, but few will ever happen."

-- Mark Twain

#Reality Quotes #Crisis Quotes

“Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.”

Source : 1678 The Rover, pt.2, act 3, sc.1.
“John Lee Hooker became a friend of mine and I love all of his work. He was truly an icon. He lived the life. I miss him.”

Source : "Playlist: Mick Fleetwood" by Tim Jonze, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2008.
“When I was a young man, my mother said to me, 'You can't be a communist without being a militant atheist.' So I had to be a militant atheist because I wanted to be a communist.”
“Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues of men because without them, no 'higher' virtues can be entertained. You need to be alive to philosophize. You can add to these virtues and you can create rules and moral codes to govern them, but if you remove them from the equation altogether you aren't just leaving behind the virtues that are specific to men, you are abandoning the virtues that make civilization possible.”
“Curiosity is essential for progress. Only when we look to worlds beyond our own can we really know if there's room for improvement.”
“Don't let the worst people you know dictate your behavior.”
“If the IMF is correct (a big if), China will be the planet's No.1 economy by 2016. That means whoever's elected in November next year will be the last president of the United States to preside over the world's dominant economic power.”
“A mother becomes a true grandmother the day she stops noticing the terrible things her children do because she is so enchanted with the wonderful things her grandchildren do.”

Source : Lois Wyse (2011). “Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother”, p.9, Harmony

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