"All of us humans have myriad other species to thank. Without them, we couldn't exist. It's that simple, and we can't afford to ignore them, anymore than I can afford to neglect my precious wife--nor the sweet mother Earth that births and holds us all. Without us, Earth will abide and endure; without her, however, we could not even be."

-- Alan Weisman

#Mother Quotes #Sweet Quotes #Simple Quotes

“My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.”
“The British are special. The world knows it. In our innermost thoughts we know it. This is the greatest nation on earth.”
“In some ways, I never outgrew my adolescence. I wake up in the morning and think, 'Oh my God, I'm late for a math test!' But then I say, 'Wait a minute. I'm 40.”
“I wished that the chains would break and the wind would sweep me up, up, up into the sky, beyond the clouds, beyond the sun and the moon, to some marvelous kingdom where no one ever changed and friends were friends for life.”

Source : Mary Downing Hahn (1983). “Daphne's Book”, p.49, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Don't show up late. Don't try to slide out early. Don't cheat your rep counts. And definitely, don't hold back. Leave it all in the gym!”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 28, 2014
“When sincerity fails, the offer of money usually works.”

Source : Mark Fuhrman (2014). “Murder in Brentwood”, p.94, Regnery Publishing
“Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.”
“Subconscious minds are no less fallible than the objective mind.”

Source : Edgar Rice Burroughs (2015). “THE VENUS SERIES - The Amtor of Venus Collection: Complete Edition (Pirates of Venus, Lost on Venus, Carson of Venus & Escape on Venus): From the Author of Tarzan of the Apes, Princess of Mars, Llana of Gathol, Jungle Tales of Tarzan, The Mucker, Pellucidar, The Moon Maid, Tarzan at the Earth's Core and many more”, p.26, e-artnow

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