"Science has salvaged scrap metal and even found vitamins and valuable oils in refuse, but old people are extravagantly wasted."

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Source : Anzia Yezierska (1985). “Hungry hearts and other stories”, Persea Books

Anzia Yezierska

#Oil Quotes #People Quotes #Age Quotes

“I always feel like I'm missing out on something, that someone is having more fun than I am, so I take measures to make sure that is impossible.”
“I assured myself that I'd seen the most wicked block perpetuated by man or beast.”
“Being Manny Pacquiao's wife is not easy. It's fun for me and my guys but it's very difficult for her.”
“You speak bad of me, I score goals.”
“The man who puts all the guns and all the decision-making power into the hands of the central government and then says, â€˜Limit yourselfâ€™; it is he who is truly the impractical utopian.”
“Mike Patton is a genius... It is definitely the hardest music I've ever played.”
“Itâ€™s obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your downtime. Wisdom that can change the very course of your life will come from the people you are around, the books you read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television.”
“It is incumbent on us diligently to remember that the kingdom of heaven was promised to the poor in spirit, and that minds afflicted by calamity and the contempt of mankind cheerfully listen to the divine promise of future happiness; while, on the contrary, the fortunate are satisfied with the possession of this world; and the wise abuse in doubt and dispute their vain superiority of reason and knowledge.”

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