"I venture that those of us who are most serene when faced with the possibility of nothingness are the ones who've reached furthest to the downward and upward of their beings."

-- Francine du Plessix Gray

#Death Quotes #Venture Quotes #Possibility Quotes

“The Federal Reserve was not founded to bail out Bear Stearns or a few hedge funds. It was founded to keep a stable currency and maintain its value.”
“When I care about something, I care about something. I think I have an obligation as an American to - and as a citizen, as - as a human being, to help others. Smoking is going to kill a billion people this century. I've put six hundred million dollars from my own money into trying to stop the tobacco companies from getting kids to smoke and convincing adults that it's not in their health.”
“Man surprised me most about humanity.Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”
“A man's best things are nearest him, Lie close about his feet.”

Source : Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) (1838). “The poems of Richard Monckton Milnes”, p.100
“To make a great dream come true, you must first have a great dream.”
“I was homeless for about 8 months, I refused to live with my dad or anyone for that matter. So I stayed somewhere that had no hot water, ever, no heat, I told myself I have to be strong and get through it on my own.”
“I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don't want handouts and don't much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.”

Source : "An Open Letter to the State of Alabama" by Adam McKay, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 10, 2010.
“The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.”

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