"But some of us are beginning to pull well away, in our irritation, from...the exquisite tasters, the vintage snobs, the three-star Michelin gourmets. There is, we feel, a decent area somewhere between boiled carrots and Beluga caviare, sour plonk and Chateau Lafitte, where we can take care of our gullets and bellies without worshipping them."

-- J. B. Priestley

#Stars Quotes #Vintage Quotes #Irritation Quotes

“It's good to find the barrel of the bat again.”
“Lord of the Rings was my first experience making movies and at the time, I had no ideas how movies were done. I thought that's the way they're done, so in a way, I had nothing to compare it to.”
“I just can't sit back and wallow, In my own sorrow, but I know one fact: I'll be one tough act to follow.”
“Have a vision. Sell your program. Your team is going to reflect you.”

Source : "7 Leadership Lessons You Can Learn From the Game of Basketball" By Andre Bourque, www.foxnews.com. October 13, 2016.
“Hillary Clinton's opponent in the U.S. Senate race, the Republican she's going to be running against, has been married three times, had an affair with his chief of staff, had two kids with her while still married to his second wife. This is the first time in history that a Clinton is the 'family values' candidate.”
“You die, I die too.â€ Tobias looks over his shoulder at me. â€œI asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.”
“So, that was Nature's way. The mosquito felt pain and panic but the dragonfly knew nothing of cruelty. Humans would call it evil, the big dragonfly destroying the mosquito and ignoring the little insects suffering. Yet humans hated mosquitoes too, calling them vicious and bloodthirsty. All these words, words like 'evil' and 'vicious', they meant nothing to Nature. Yes, evil was a human invention.”

Source : John Marsden (2011). “The Tomorrow Series: Tomorrow When the War Began”, p.153, Hachette UK
“Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.”

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