"When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging."

-- Will Rogers

#Finding Yourself Quotes #Digging Quotes #Quitting Quotes

“Monotheistic religions in the West have tended to conflate having a general orientation in life, having a specific theory of the world, having a sense of the positive meaningfulness of one's existence, and having a fixed set of rules for behavior, but these elements are in principle separable. ... The "metaphysical need," ... both Marx and Nietzsche held, is a historical phenomenon that arises under determinate circumstances, and could be expected to disappear under other circumstances that we could relatively easily envisage.”

Source : "Philosophy and Real Politics". Book by Raymond Geuss, 2008.
“I'm glad Hurricane Katrina happened. It taught us an important lesson: black people can't swim.”

Source : "New Orleans Web Denizens Steamed Over Mencia's Orpheus Invite" by Lauren List, www.mardigras.com. February 05, 2009.
“The great workman of nature is time.”
“The best thing that's ever happened to me is my daughter. To be a Mom is the best thing in the world. You know, that's all I really wanted to do after I had finished doing films.”
“I suppose I should say that I treasure blasphemy, as a faith of the highest order.”
“Reading is difficult. People just aren't meant to read anymore. We're in a post-literate age. You know, a visual age. How many years after the fall of Rome did it take for a Dante to appear? Many, many years.”
“My children are not royal; they just happen to have the Queen for their aunt.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.”

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