"All of us are displaced. Few people live where their great-grandparents lived or speak the language their great-grandparents spoke."

-- Hephzibah Menuhin

#Roots Quotes #People Quotes #Grandparent Quotes

“Failing to support children one has fathered is wrong. We must be unequivocal about this. It doesnt help matters when prime-time TV has Murphy Brown, a character who supposedly epitomizes todays intelligent, highly paid professional woman, mocking the importance of fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it just another lifestyle choice.”
“Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.”
“Ideas that transform industries almost never come from inside those industries.”
“Why spend a day in the library when you can learn the same thing by working in the laboratory for a month?”

Source : "Frank H. Westheimer, major figure in 20th century chemistry, dies at 95". news.harvard.edu. April 19, 2007.
“We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.”
“You can't do all the work, so surround yourself with people you trust; if this is your show then everything is ultimately your call, but the more faith you have in people who have proven to be capable, the more sane you get to be.”

Source : Source: www.vulture.com
“I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.”

Source : "Alan Simpson Fires Off Angry Letter To HuffPost" By Ryan Grim, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 9, 2012.
“A real miracle's a reminder and a warning that the line that separates the possible from the impossible isn't as firm as we like to think it is.”

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