"I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English."

-- David Brainerd

#Wife Quotes #Boards Quotes #Poor Quotes

“There is often grace in silence. But there is always power in understanding.”

Source : Michele Norris (2010). “The Grace of Silence: A Memoir”, p.169, Vintage
“I keep remembering â€” I keep remembering. My heart has no pity on me.”
“Be modest in speech, but excel in action.”
“Losses of a kind of satisfaction that have no market equivalent don't show up in the calculations of economists.”
“There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.”
“Singing is a f***ing blast. When it’s really good, it’s as good as the best sex. I get nipple erections all the time on stage, I do!”
“Russia has a long-term interest in Syria. Israel by and large does not have an issue with those long-term interests that Russia has in Syria. Israel has an issue with an Iranian regime that is trying to establish this land bridge, and that openly calls and actively works for Israel's destruction. And if you ask a hundred Israelis what they want to see in Syria, you're going to get 150 answers.”
“The key is the ability, whether innate or conditioned, to find the other side of the rote, the picayune, the meaningless, the repetitive, the pointlessly complex. To be, in a word, unborable... It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.”

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