"It's dishonest to say we're doing everything we can for our seniors when there is so much more we can."

-- John B. Larson

“St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.”

Source : "Patrick,we Hardly Knew Ye". articles.chicagotribune.com. March 14, 1997.
“Less than 8 percent of private sector workers belonged to a union in 2004, and, overall, only 12.5 percent of American workers carry a union card - down from about one-third of workers in labor's heydays in the 1950s.”
“Forgiveness isn't an end in itself. The point of forgiveness is to remove the barrier that stands between us and God so that He can give us His Spirit and bring us into His everlasting family.”

Source : Darrell Bock (2010). “Recovering the Real Lost Gospel”, p.19, B&H Publishing Group
“No one who wears a crown is ever safe.”
“As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.”

Source : David Baldacci (2011). “Wish You Well”, p.399, Pan Macmillan
“I love hanging out at home with my kid. It's hard to get me to leave the house.”
“We should write an elegy for every day that has slipped through our lives unnoticed and unappreciated. Better still, we should write a song of thanksgiving for all the days that remain-now that we know how to cherish them.”
“To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind.”

Source : Fanny Burney (1850). “Evelina: or, The history of a young lady's introduction to the world”, p.130

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