"We owe it to ourselves and to the next generation to conserve the environment so that we can bequeath our children a sustainable world that benefits all."

-- Wangari Maathai

#Inspiring Quotes #Children Quotes #Generations Quotes

“When we mourn those who die young â€“ those who have been robbed of time â€“ we weep for lost joys. We weep for opportunities and pleasure we ourselves have never known. We feel sure that somehow that young body would have known the yearning delight for which we searched in vain all our lives. We believe that the untried soul, trapped in its young prison, might have flown free and known the joy that we still seek.”

Source : "Damage: a novel".
“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.”
“War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business. And yet so high, in spite of everything, is my opinion of the human race that I believe this bogey would have disappeared long ago, had the sound sense of the nations not been systematically corrupted by commercial and political interests acting through the schools and the Press”
“Hollywood people want to build you up and make you famous only to knock you off you're the pedestal they built for you.”
“He [Michael Jackson] would choose specific moments. They were art history books that I prefer. They were paintings that he prefers. It's this dance back and forth. We were halfway through the dance. He died.”
“I would love to have a complete family. I'd love to do it all at once. I'd love to be able to give to my children what my parents were able to give to me. And if I'm blessed to be able to do that, fantastic. If I'm not, then life goes on. You have to do the best you can. I do think we have to bring the family back; I do.”
“Australia's massive. I don't have a lot of downtime.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Not a lot of individuals get to refer to the Lord in their prayers as 'Dude', but he's doing a new thing with me.”

Source : "Did I say that?" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. January 16, 2010.

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