"The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection."

-- Elihu Root

#Men Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Perfection Quotes

“Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are.”
“Discipline is the long and arduous process of convincing the mind to abide by one's conscience.”
“And we all get mired in the bullshit, the personality quirks, the personality disorders (ours and everyone else's), the jealousy, the disappointment, the blocks, the financial struggle, our egos, I do it too, I do it too, but if you can't remember it is all about the work and nothing else then I can't help you and you can't help yourself and you will lose. I promise you. You will lose.”
“A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper on which it forces you to think and rethink your original ideas, your topics, your research, actually everything.”
“In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”

Source : N. K. Jemisin (2010). “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”, p.63, Hachette UK
“We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. It is time now to write the next chapter - and to write it in the books of law.”
“A great race car driver in a bad car doesn't make great results. A great car and a bad race car driver doesn't make great results. You have to have both. It's the combination of driver and car.”

Source : "Daytona Preseason Thunder - Burton press conference, part 2". Press conference, www.motorsport.com. January 15, 2008.
“Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven and you know who greeted me at the gate? The ole cowboy-philosopher himself, Will Rogers.”

Source : Song: I Dreamed Of A Hill-Billy Heaven

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