"I'm sorry to see that again we are turning to the courts for decisions that concern ethics. I think theologians and ethicists would better guide us in such matters, ... If my memory serves me well, more than a decade ago The Episcopal Church said euthanasia or the intentional shortening of an individual's life, by lethal doses of drugs or otherwise, was not acceptable."

-- Susan P. Crawford

#Sorry Quotes #Memories Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The bicycle is a great good. But it can turn nasty, if ill employed.”
“The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. This is what really bothers you, that you can't win. Prison is lack of alternatives, and the telescopic predictability of the future is what drives you crazy.”
“Sensible policies on global warming should weight the costs of slowing climate change against the benefits of slower climate change. Ironically, recent policy initiatives, such as the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, have been introduced without any attempt to link the emissions controls with the benefits of the lower emissions.”

Source : William D. Nordhaus, Joseph Boyer (2003). “Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming”, p.69, MIT Press
“Also remember that in any man's dark hour, a pat on the back and an earnest handclasp may work a small miracle.”
“My mom and dad just loved the fact that I fooled around. They just embraced it. They'd always kind of enjoy it, and they liked it when I made them laugh”
“His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action.”

Source : Jennifer Crusie (2011). “Charlie All Night”, p.87, HQN Books
“Born of the impossibly varied options we have to amuse ourselves, cutting-edge companies are finding innovative ways to tailor our entertainment choices to who we are, relieving us of the burden of finding the diamond in the rough of 500 TV channels or thousands of movies and music albums released every year.”
“If the Black woman is a queen, and I believe that she is, why would I settle for something less than royal?”

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