"The birds can fly, An' why can't I?"

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Source : John Townsend Trowbridge (1869). “Vagabonds: And Other Poems”, p.115

John Townsend Trowbridge

#Bird Quotes #Aviation Quotes

“If I don't get paid I'm going to take a whole lot of Marshall amps home with me on the plane.”
“The ideal revolutionary command should effectively direct all planning and implementation. It must not allow the growth of any other rival center of power. There must be one command pooling and directing the subsequent governmental departments, including the armed forces.”
“A lot of people loved to hate my character on 24. I want to be the character people love to love.”
“There is not substantial data that AZT stops the transmission of HIV from mother to child. There is too much conflicting data to make concrete policy.”
“...I want first of all - in fact, as an end to these other desires - to be at peace with myself. I want a singleness of eye, a purity of intention, a central cor to my life that will enable me to carry out these obligations and activities as well as I can. I want, in fact - to borrow from the language of the saints -to live 'in grace' as much of the time as possible. I am not using this term in a strictly theological sense. By grace I mean an inner harmony, essentially spiritual, which can be translated into outward harmony...”

Source : "Gift from the Sea". Book by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1955.
“Only atheists attempt to comprehend god with their mind.”
“Too often we tell kids pleasant stories devoid of truth, and stories without truth are not good stories. Our audience deserves more from us.”
“Kids are much more intuitive these days. Not that I'm crazy about what's on TV, but they know so much these days.”

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