"Each of his son's had been his favorite child."

-- Elizabeth Strout

#Children Quotes #Son Quotes

“And one of my favorites was Eddy Arnold of course. He just had that smooth, soulful voice.”
“Critics of the global warming agenda are motivated... by a love of freedom and civil liberties. They want a discussion based on logic and facts that will address any problems without depriving us of liberty and personal choice. They do not want to sacrifice our way of life based on fears of an unproven theory. After all, the loss of liberty is a greater cause of alarm than global warming.”
“Prayer at its highest is a two-way conversation - and for me the most important part is listening to God's replies.”
“It's good to remember often, every day, that you are not a physical creature in a physical universe; but a non-physical consciousness vibrating at a certain frequency. You are Consciousness having a state of being, that's it. Everything else you perceive is simply an illusory crystallization of your chosen vibration. You are the Creator of your life, in this way.”
“It's amazing to find that so many people, who I thought really knew me, could have thought that 'Sunset Boulevard' was autobiographical. I've got nobody floating in my swimming pool.”
“Intellectual honesty is the quality that the public in free countries always has expected of historians; much more than that it does not expect, nor often get.”

Source : Samuel Eliot Morison (1953). “By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses”, New York : Knopf
“The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn.”
“The thing about India is that while they will miss Sachin, they have the ability to put out another batsman nearly as good.”

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