"Keeping your coat on indoors in Russia, no matter how public the place, is far worse than keeping your hat on as the flag goes by. It is worse than going into a Catholic church in Spain with your upper arms bare. It is worse than telling a mother her baby bores you."

-- Ilka Chase

#Mother Quotes #Baby Quotes #Russia Quotes

“Don't take yourself too seriously - learn to laugh.”
“A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.”
“I think it rather fine, this necessity for the tense bracing of the will before anything worth doing can be done. I rather like it myself. I feel it is to be the chief thing that differentiates me from the cat by the fire.”
“Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist.”
“Drooping along the ground the vine misses its widowed elm.”
“To see the future you have to travel on the rough edge of experience.”
“I became very interested [in philosophy] after attending the U.N. Conference on sustainable development in Brazil.I'm very concerned about climate change and the world reaching a tipping point. And, I see other people who really just want to survive to make it to the next election, rather than making means of change.”
“The potential for alternative energy sources, mainly solar and wind power, to completely replace coal and gas for utility generation globally is, I think, certain. The question is only whether it takes 30 years or 70 years.”

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