"The wren-box problem is becoming more acute each year, for wrens now demand better housing conditions and labor-saving devices."

-- Will Cuppy

#Years Quotes #Bird Quotes #Demand Quotes

“People have been convinced that growth for growth's sake is a good thing.”
“I am not an animal! I am a human being! Iâ€¦amâ€¦a man!”
“Profits are related to customer retention. Customer retention is related to employee retention. Employee retention may or may not be related to benefits, but benefits could be part of the package that causes people to stay and -- by the way -- engage in discretionary effort. .. If you go into any organization that's customer-facing, you can tell in five minutes when the employees are feeling abused. They retaliate on the customers.”
“I just think [Gangster Party Line] is funny and stupid and all the dudes in it are real dudes. It's just a funny construction.”
“Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister. "Did you find yourself?" "She found me," I said.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.234, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“American families only spend 17 minutes a day on average having time together.”
“I think everybody should take the attitude that we're working to be a champion, that we want to be a champion in everything that we do. Every choice, every decision, everything that we do every day, we want to be a champion.”
“Today, Paris is the capital of the world.”

Source : "'We are Charlie': Across France, nearly 4 million march to honor victims of terrorist attacks", www.foxnews.com. January 11, 2015.

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