"And the Law that once contained impossible demands -- Thou Shalt Not... -- actually becomes a promise we fulfill in you."

-- William P. Young

#Law Quotes #Promise Quotes #Demand Quotes

“Serenity is knowing that your worst shot is still pretty good.”
“A lawyer from Africa wants to marry Malia Obama in exchange for goats, sheep, and cows. In response, President Obama said, 'Don't be ridiculous. My daughter isn't marrying a lawyer.'”
“Leadership produces change. That is its primary function”

Source : John P. Kotter (2008). “Force For Change: How Leadership Differs from Management”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself.”
“Love Goddess in training. It could happen.”
“I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.”

Source : "Writer/Director Tony Gilroy Talks THE BOURNE LEGACY, Deleted Scenes, the Franchise Going Forward, His Thoughts on IMAX and More". Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 12, 2012.
“As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of the science. Whenever any result is sought by its aid, the question will then arise â€” by what course of calculation can these results be arrived at by the machine in the shortest time?”
“I had always been aware that the Universe is sad; everything in it, animate or inanimate, the wild creatures, the stones, the stars, was enveloped in the great sadness, pervaded by it. Existence had no use. It was without end or reason. The most beautfiul things in it, a flower or a song, as well as the most compelling, a desire or a thought, were pointless. So great a sorrow. And I knew that the only rest from my anxietyâ€”for I had been trembling even in infancyâ€”lay in acknowledging and absorbing this sadness.”

Source : Hayden Carruth (1998). “Reluctantly: Autobiographical Essays”, p.4, Copper Canyon Press

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