"Silent people are dangerous; others are not so. [Fr., Les gens sans bruit sont dangereux; Il n'en est pas ainsi des autres.]"

-- Jean de La Fontaine

#People Quotes #Silence Quotes #Silent Quotes

“I was afterwards sorry for this, though, if I ever travel again, I shall trust to none but natives, as the climate of Africa is too trying to foreigners.”

Source : John Hanning Speke (2015). “Source of the Nile”, p.11, Amberley Publishing Limited
“My fondest memories were watching the Beastie Boys get prepped to come on stage. They had a lot of antics and they play a lot of basketball... then they were giving out cameras to the crowd, and performing from the bleachers. The most important thing I learned was that you control your crowd, not the other way around.”
“I will live this day as if it is my last. â€¦I will waste not a moment mourning yesterdayâ€™s misfortunes, Yesterdayâ€™s defeats, yesterdayâ€™s aches of the heart, for why should I throw good after bad?”
“I can be very messy and disorganized. And I don't throw away anything.”
“The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.”

Source : "The Federalist Papers". Book by Alexander Hamilton, essay No. 69, 1787 - 1788.
“As I said, my parents loved that when they came to America, if you worked hard, the only things that could stop you were the limits you placed on yourself.”

Source : "Dealing With Obama Is ‘Hardest Part Of My Job’". Republican Convention Speech, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2012.
“Hiring people to write code to sell is not the same as hiring people to design and build durable, usable, dependable software.”
“The girl in me wanted to slap Lung across his face and yell, "Get your eyes off my sticky buns, ya creep!”

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