"The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people."

-- Louise Brown

#Meaningful Quotes #People Quotes #Stories Quotes

“The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory but for humanity's sake.”

Source : William McKinley's remarks on 1900 US campaign poster of McKinley and his choice for second term Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, July 12, 1900.
“Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.”
“Lucille was a darling lady. Probably the finest comedienne in the business.”
“To dance is to give channel to the Creator.”
“There's only one thing that matters, CUSTOMER SATISFACTION”
“Why are there beings at all, instead of Nothing?”

Source : Martin Heidegger (2014). “Introduction to Metaphysics: Second Edition”, p.25, Yale University Press
“The catalyst that converts any physical location - any environment if you will - into a place, is the process of experiencing deeply. A place is a piece of the whole environment that has been claimed by feelings. Viewed simply as a life-support system, the earth is an environment. Viewed as a resource that sustains our humanity, the earth is a collection of places.”
“Britain won its wars on the playing fields of Eton. America developed its mettle at the muddy gaps of the Cumberlands, in the swift rapids of its rivers, on the limitless reaches of its western plains, in the silent vastness of primeval forests, and in the blizzard-ridden passes of the Rockies and Coast ranges.”

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