"Whatever is not nailed down is mine." This is the motto of the exploiter. "Whatever can be pried loose is not nailed down." This is the second maxim in a country where people are rich, caring little in their present prosperity what shall become of the future."

-- David Starr Jordan

#Country Quotes #Caring Quotes #People Quotes

“She studied my face for a long minute. "Are you going to help my mom?" It was a simple question. But how do you tell a child that things just aren't that simple, that some questions don't have simple answers--or any answer at all?”
“Knowing where you come from is one thing, but it's suicide to stay there.”

Source : Dennis Covington (2009). “Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia”, p.236, Da Capo Press
“A woman should marry the man who loves her, but never the one that she loves; that is the secret of lasting happiness.”
“Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.”
“Veggard Heggem, my word, he must have a Yamaha down his shorts.”
“Take things as they come. Take things as they are. What does it matter? There's one end to everything.”
“A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.”

Source : Jean Kerr (1965). “Mary, Mary”, p.33, Dramatists Play Service Inc
“Sometimes it isn't fighting that's brave, its facing the death you know is coming.”

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