"A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up his pride."

-- J. D. Salinger

#Pride Quotes #Littles Quotes #Stink Quotes

“I'm running because I think the world is falling apart.”

Source : "16 Republican White House hopefuls (and counting): Graham says he'll run because 'the world's falling apart' and Jindal says he'll take the country in a 'dramatically different direction'". “CBS This Morning” with Charlie Rose, www.dailymail.co.uk. May 18, 2015.
“I don't agree with you in saying that in all human minds there is poetry. Man as he came from the hand of his Maker was poetic in both mind and body, but the gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual.”
“For your kindness, I'm in debt to you. For your selflessness, my admiration.”

Source : Song: Kind and Generous, Album: Retrospective 1995-2005
“Human potential is the same for all. If you have will power, then you can change anything.”
“In a head-on collision with Fanatics, the real problem is always the same: how can we possibly behave decently toward people so arrogantly ignorant that they believe, first, that they possess Christ's power to bestow salvation, second, that forcing us to memorize and regurgitate a few of their favorite Bible phrases and attend their church is that salvation, and third, that any discomfort, frustration, anger or disagreement we express in the face of their moronic barrages is due not to their astounding effrontery but to our sinfulness?”

Source : David James Duncan (2010). “The Brothers K”, p.227, Dial Press
“You cannot schedule death.”
“Red Dawn' was very resonant with a lot of people - they love that movie. I always thought it was a little hysterical.”
“But the few brave ones, both companies and individuals, who risk comfort and safety for a chance at beauty or being able to move someone â€” they have a potential to gain so much more.”

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