"A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven."

-- Boethius

#Depressing Quotes #Men Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“I think it's important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent.”
“Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.”
“This is the place where anybody - like an African American kid raised by a single mom - can be president.”

Source : "Get Mad as Hell About Citizens United and Register to Vote" by Gov. Jennifer Granholm, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.
“My main focus is ball. I know what butters my toast. I know what my job is and what is expected of me, and that's what's first and foremost.”

Source : "Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald talks playoff hopes, trade rumors, more in Q&A". Interview with Tom Pelissero, www.usatoday.com. July 10, 2014.
“The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected by our actions are included within the circle of altruism. This means that all beings with the capacity to feel pleasure or pain should be included; we can improve their welfare by increasing their pleasures and diminishing their pains.”
“I've almost come to feel that it doesn't make much difference what you believe in - the thing that's important is a state of belief. It's much better to believe in nonsense than in nothing ...”
“In the next decade, we need to think and act like revolutionaries. We have to innovate, not merely imitate. We will succeed not be following the footsteps of the incumbent, but by introducing new dimensions into play. We need Singaporeans who can lead the way in creating new wealth for our economy.”
“The beachcomber goes looking for trouble, everything he finds is a sign of trouble. The writer is the same; without trouble he has nothing to work with, so he picks over the tide line, over the bits and pieces of people's lives with grim fascination.”

Source : Tim Winton (2012). “Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir”, p.66, Penguin UK

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