"Over the entrance to the temple at Delphi was a famous inscription: KNOW THYSELF! It reminded visitors that man must never believe himself to be more than mortal - and that no man can escape his destiny."

-- Jostein Gaarder

#Believe Quotes #Destiny Quotes #Men Quotes

“At the moment, my mother is the only one left in Glasgow, although it's certainly my home.”
“The fact that a man is to vote forces him to think. You may preach to a congregation by the year and not affect its thought because it is not called upon for definite action. But throw your subject into a campaign and it becomes a challenge.”
“Don't misunderstand me. I am not scoffing at goodness, which is far more difficult to explain than evil, and far more complicated. But sometimes it's hard to put up with.”
“Life is a train ride, and at the many stations along the route, people important to us debark, never to get aboard again, until by the end of the journey, we sit in a passenger car where most of the seats are empty.”
“When I was council president I had a rule that people could sleep on the job. I modified the rule. You could actually sleep in public if you weren't sitting down. I had three people who actually perfected the art of sleeping while standing.”

Source : "Actual Excerpts from John Street's Class at Temple" by Tom Namako, Philadelphia Citypaper, February 27, 2008.
“Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.”
“Onstage, I don't feel any glory from people clapping in the audience, but when they're pushing me to do something new that feels good.”
“One day it was that I wanted to go make a movie with my kid and then another day it was that I wanted to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and another day it was that I wanted to sit in the studio and figure something out. All those things manifested themselves into what the TV show was.”

Source : Source: www.tvequals.com

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