"I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday."

-- Nelson Algren

#Monday Quotes #Fog Quotes #Tuesday Quotes

“Neuroscientists have discovered that when you ask the brain to meditate, it gets better, not just at meditating, but at a wide range of self-control skills Over time, [meditators'] brains become finely tuned willpower machines.”

Source : "Why We're So Nice: We're Wired to Cooperate" by Natalie Angier, www.nytimes.com. July 23, 2002.
“DiCaprio's life is the perfect example of how not to be. I would not wish his life on anybody.”
“The true gardener, like an artist, is never satisfied.”
“Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what Government denominated the law of God. To prevent a similar train of evils in this country, the Constitution has wisely withheld from our Government the power of defining the divine law.”
“I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.”
“I think I certainly know that the space I want to work in is a fearless space.”
“You can do what you like, sir, but I'll tell you this. New York is the true capital of America. Every New Yorker knows it, and by God, we always shall.”

Source : Edward Rutherfurd (2010). “New York”, p.418, Random House
“Iâ€™m sure I am wrong about many things, although Iâ€™m not sure exactly which things Iâ€™m wrong about. Iâ€™m even sure Iâ€™m wrong about what I think Iâ€™m right about in at least some cases.”

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