"What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me for never telling her about Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Why hadn't she known there were better love stories around? Stories not riddled with ill-adjusted men, anguish, death and graveyards!"

-- Mary Ann Shaffer

#Pride Quotes #Men Quotes #Stories Quotes

“One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction...”

Source : Clay Shirky (2008). “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations”, p.186, Penguin
“He who would not fall off the precipice must not venture too near the edge.”

Source : Frances J. Roberts (2013). “On the Highroad Of Surrender - Updated”, p.127, Barbour Publishing
“It's a risky business being a cyclist in the UK, there are a lot of people who really dislike us. It's the Jeremy Clarkson influence - we're hated on the roads. We just hope people realise we are just flesh and bones on two wheels.”
“I just want to say that dreams do come true. Don't ever give up on your dreams. Sometimes it just takes a little bit longer for some of us.”
“So, I was always frustrated having to write and having to cut things. Why should you have to cut anything?”
“Security is mortal's chiefest enemy.”
“When pride retreats from a man, humility begins to dwell in him, and the more pride is diminished, so much more does humility grow. The one gives way to the other as to its opposite. Darkness departs and light appears. Pride is darkness, but humility is light.”
“You don't use science to show you're right, you use science to become right.”

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