"Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts," he declared. "I doubt if he could kill a duck." Tyrion shrugged. "Fetch the duck."

-- George R. R. Martin

#Men Quotes #Ducks Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.”
“The Gospel is a very dangerous idea. We have to see how much of that dangerous idea we can perform in our own lives. There is nothing innocuous or safe about the Gospel. Jesus did not get crucified because he was a nice man.”

Source : Interview with Micky Jones, medium.com.
“My parents taught me that racial prejudice is a sin, one that robs the world of great minds and talents.”
“We are living at an important and fruitful moment now, for it is clear to men that the images of adult manhood given by the popular culture are worn out; a man can no longer depend on them. By the time a man is thirty-five he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life.”

Source : Robert Bly (2015). “Iron John: A Book about Men”, p.7, Da Capo Press
“They took away our land, our language, and our religion; but they could never harness our tongues...”
“London is the clearing-house of the world.”

Source : Speech at the Guildhall, 19 January 1904, in 'The Times' 20 January 1904
“Under the bright sun, many of us are gathered together with different languages, different styles of dress, even different faiths. However, all of us are the same in being humans, and we all uniquely have the thought of 'I' and we're all the same in wanting happiness and in wanting to avoid suffering.”
“A belief is a question we have put aside so we can get on with what we believe we have to do.”

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