"Here," she said. "This is for you." "I didn't really get you anything," I sputtered. "I mean, I didn't know that you were going to be here, and--" "Don't worry. It's your embarrassment at not having the thought that counts."

-- David Levithan

#Mean Quotes #Worry Quotes #Embarrassment Quotes

“I'd like to be a 5-10, 205-pound running back. I think it's natural for big guys to want to be a little faster.”
“I keep showing decade after decade that I am a real performer.”
“Where there are few people, and a great quantity of fertile land, the power of the earth to afford a yearly increase of food may be compared to a great reservoir of water, supplied by a moderate stream. The faster population increases, the more help will be got to draw off the water, and consequently an increasing quantity will be taken every year. But the sooner, undoubtedly, will the reservoir be exhausted, and the streams only remain.”

Source : Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population and Other Writings”, p.301, Penguin UK
“Well, I wouldn't want to say that I started it (rock 'n' roll), but I don't remember anyone else before me playing that kind of stuff.”
“The silence was always the greates temptation.”
“Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom.”

Source : Scarlett Thomas (2012). “Going Out”, p.6, Canongate Books
“The best player ever? Pele. Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are both great players with specific qualities, but Pele was better.”
“When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in life -- trust, love, mercy, and altruism -- then we shall know that the kingdom of God is here.”

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