"[On television:] It's made people moronic, it's robbed people of their ability to think. It's done tremendous damage, and every single household that has a small child should take it and throw it out the window."

-- Laurie Colwin

#Children Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I will be sufficiently rewarded if when telling it to others you will not claim the discovery as your own, but will say it was mine.”
“The only justifiable stopping place for for the expansion of altruism is the point at which all whose welfare can be affected by our actions are included within the circle of altruism. This means that all beings with the capacity to feel pleasure or pain should be included; we can improve their welfare by increasing their pleasures and diminishing their pains.”
“There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.”
“You better check your playlist. Because you are on the wrong track.”
“In one fell swoop, we have shrunken the earth.”
“for every marriage that is made in Heaven, there is a marriage made in Hell.”
“I'm not good with limitations. I tend to like to find my own.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My room was a real way of expressing myself. It was like a little nest that I could settle into.”

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