"The biggest pests are the people who use altruism as an alibi. What they passionately wish is to make themselves important."

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Source : Isabel Paterson (1993). “The God of the Machine”, p.40, Transaction Publishers

Isabel Paterson

#People Quotes #Wish Quotes #Important Quotes

“If Rosieâ€™s mother had known that eye colour was not a reliable indicator of paternity, and organised a DNA test to confirm her suspicions, there would have been no Father Project, no Great Cocktail Night, no New York Adventure, no Reform Don Projectâ€”and no Rosie Project. Had it not been for this unscheduled series of events, her daughter and I would not have fallen in love. And I would still be eating lobster every Tuesday night. Incredible.”
“If added power attends the united prayer of two or three, what mighty triumphs there will be when hundreds of thousands of consistent members of the Church are with one accord day by day making intercession for the extension of Christ's Kingdom.”

Source : John Raleigh Mott (1905). “The Evangelization of the World in this Generation”
“Americans are shy about the body. I have to remember that when I go there.”
“Not only virtue, but also insight, not only sanctity but also wisdom, are the duties and tasks of mankind.”
“And empty heads console with empty sound.”
“P.J. O'Rourke says that conservatives really hate government and every couple of years we put them in charge and then we're reminded how much we really hate government. We're not always necessarily great at the task of running government. We're the anti-government party. It actually makes some sense we're not so good at that. But you got to have basic competence in how you run the government, even in how you reduce its effectiveness in people's lives.”
“Businesspeople are like sharks, not just because we're gray and slightly oily, or because our teeth trail the innards of those we have eviscerated, but because we must move forward or die.”
“The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels.”

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