"Im the middle man. I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. Thats the way my mother raised me."

-- Donald Dunn

#Mother Quotes #Men Quotes #People Quotes

“Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.”
“Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which is a part of the person is indeed answered... God exists: that is the real message of Easter. Anyone who even begins to grasp what this means also knows what it means to be redeemed.”
“Hey, I wasn’t a weirdo. I was in the audio-visual club.”

Source : "The Simpsons (Homerpalooza)". TV Series, May 19, 1996.
“The virtue of small government is that the mistakes are small as well...If you want to leave a nation you think is corrupt, inefficient, militaristic, oppressive, repressive, but you don't want to move to Canada or France, what do you do? Well, the way is through secession, where you could stay home and be where you want to be.”
“Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame a flatterer.”
“There is too much repression and suppression in schools.”

Source : Fanny Jackson Coppin (1987). “Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching”, Facsimiles-Garl
“And what have you laymen made of hell? A kind of penal servitude for eternity, on the lines of your convict prisons on earth, to which you condemn in advance all the wretched felons your police have hunted from the beginning - enemies of society, as you call them. You're kind enough to include the blasphemers and the profane. What proud or reasonable man could stomach such a notion of God's justice? And when you find that notion inconvenient it's easy enough for you to put it on one side. Hell is not to love any more, Madame. Not to love any more!”
“Effective questioning brings insight, which fuels curiosity, which cultivates wisdom.”

Source : Chip R. Bell (2002). “Managers as Mentors: Building Partnerships for Learning”, p.69, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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