"For my last birthday, Dad bought me a pocket-sized Collins English Dictionary. It would only fit in a pocket that had been specially designed."

-- Joe Dunthorne

#Dad Quotes #Pockets Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.”
“I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine." It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter.”

Source : Interview with Rosemary Ellis, www.goodhousekeeping.com. February 18, 2009.
“Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.”

Source : 'Astrophel and Stella' (1591) sonnet 39
“Once I walked out of my house into to the Puerto Rican Day parade. It was usually a five-minute walk to work, but that day it took me a half-hour to get to 30 Rock.”

Source : "Jason Sudeikis Checks in: 'I'm a Lefty From Kansas!'". Interview with Hampton Stevens, www.espn.com. August 19, 2008.
“What could I do with $1 million? What can I do with the satisfaction that I perhaps today helped somebody to have a better life. That's real reward. The million dollars, nothing.”

Source : Source: edition.cnn.com
“Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.”

Source : "Nature and the Soul" by Richard Rohr, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 7, 2011.
“The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.”
“I don't think people should do things because you know, 'I am turning this age, I must go have a husband.' If you find somebody and it works out then have kids, it's very nice. But if you don't, you don't.”

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