"Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life."

-- George Washington

#Farewell Quotes #August Quotes #Order Quotes

“Look to the end; and resolve to make the service of Christ the first object in what remains of life, without indifference to the opinion of your fellow men, but also without fear of it.”
“I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes. I slept on the ground in the light of the moon. On the edge of the city you'll see us and then, we come with the dust and we go with the wind.”
“There is no exit from the circle of one's beliefs.”

Source : Keith Lehrer (1978). “Knowledge”, Oxford University Press
“a woman of the world should always be the mistress of sorrow and not its servant. She may have a grief but never a grievance.”

Source : Elsie De Wolfe (1974). “After all”, Ayer Co Pub
“The only sure way to maturity is through pain.”
“You marry somebody; you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.”
“When people start using science to argue for their specific beliefs and delusions, to try to claim that they're supported by science, then scientists at least have to speak up and say, You re welcome to your delusions, but don't say that they're supported by science.”

Source : Interview with Cliff Walker, www.tapatalk.com. November 6, 1999.
“I don't think traveling back in time on an empty stomach is a good idea.”

Source : Félix J. Palma (2012). “The Map of Time: A Novel”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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