"Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn, and murmur and repine, To see the wicked placed on high, In pride and robes of honor shine. But oh, their end, their dreadful end, Thy sanctuary taught me so, On slipp'ry rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below."

-- Isaac Watts

#Pride Quotes #Power Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both put together to cheer and follow.”
“War coverage should be more than a parade of retired generals and retired government flacks posing as reporters.”
“Sap which mounts, and flowers which thrust, Your childhood is a bower: Let my fingers wander in the moss Where glows the rosebud Let me among the clean grasses Drink the drops of dew Which sprinkle the tender flower”

Source : Paul Verlaine (1948). “Forty Poems”
“Anyone who gets his or her political news primarily from the New York Times (which made the ethically challenged carpetbagger Hillary a senator) is a fool.”
“Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices .”

Source : "Would You Slap Your Father? If So, You’re a Liberal" by Nicholas Kristof, www.nytimes.com. May 27, 2009.
“I'm probably slightly more famous than I've been comfortable with. Famous enough to have my phone calls returned is about as famous as I want to be.”
“I just love chickens.”
“Denzel Washington is someone I look up to.”

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