"Men are impatient, and for precipitating things; but the Author of Nature appears deliberate throughout His operations, accomplishing His natural ends by slow, successive steps. And there is a plan of things beforehand laid out, which, from the nature of it, requires various systems of means, as well as length of time, in order to the carrying on its several parts into execution."

-- Joseph Butler

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Order Quotes

“I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us - men and boys - refuse to tolerate it.”
“My mother keeps me abreast of all the hometown things.”
“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.”

Source : E. B. White (2011). “In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers”, p.209, Cornell University Press
“The Rolling Stones are so versatile, they're like the band version of that Infinite Dress they sell on QVC.”
“I've had quite a life, when you stop and think about it.”
“The idea that ballet is a white art is absurd and shocking, and itâ€™s gone on for too long. Nothing would make me happier than having a company that reflects society, to have dancers onstage that people can relate to.”
“The Communist vision is the vision of man without God.”

Source : Whittaker Chambers (2014). “Witness”, p.9, Regnery Publishing
“If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn't wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.”

Source : Donald Hall (1994). “Death to the death of poetry: essays, reviews, notes, interviews”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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