"Great ability without discretion comes almost invariably to a tragic end"

-- Leon Gambetta

#Ends Quotes #Tragic Quotes #Ability Quotes

“We all dream. We dream vividly, depending on our nature. Our existence is beyond our explanation, whether we believe in God or we have religion or we're atheist.”
“A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction is drawn between the rights and the privileges that were enjoyed and that were taken away.”
“I took the pieces you threw away, put them together by night and day. Washed by the rain. Dried by the sun. A million pieces all in one.”

Source : Howard Finster, Glen C. Davies, James Arient (2009). “Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster”, Krannert Art Museum
“The agency that is so strict on the way Americans keep their books cannot even pass a financial audit.”
“My answers have been prayered.”
“I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.”
“Low pay generally means harder work under worse conditions.”

Source : Paul Goodman (2011). “Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society”, p.57, New York Review of Books
“I always dreamed of being a voice in a Disney movie, and even in those dreams, I never once dreamed of being a princess. I just wanted to be a voice.”

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