"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world."

-- George Santayana

#Country Quotes #Eye Quotes #Knowledge Quotes

“Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?”
“There's something ugly about a pretty boy who knows he's pretty and assumes everyone else know it too.”

Source : Nova Ren Suma (2011). “Imaginary Girls”, p.88, Penguin
“With the press there is no "off the record.”
“The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.”

Source : Jimmy Carter, Bill Adler (1977). “The wit and wisdom of Jimmy Carter”, Book Sales
“He's halfway sick and halfway stoned. He'd sure like to kick, but he's too far gone. So they wind him down with methadone.”
“We know our lands have now become more valuable. The white people think we do not know their value; but we know that the land is everlasting, and the few goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone.”
“As I say the words, I realize how true they are. And maybe that's the trick to getting through it, through life: realizing that everybody, including ourselves, is lugging around some kind of screwed-up baggage. Maybe we are put here to help each other carry the loads.”

Source : Lisa Ann Sandell (2011). “A Map of the Known World”, p.232, Scholastic Inc.
“Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is "bold, exciting, innovative, and new." There are many ideas that are "bold, exciting, innovative and new," but also foolish.”

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