"But to deny fate is arrogance, to declare that we are the sole shapers of our existence is madness;if you deny fate life becomes the series of missed opportunities, a regret for what never was and could have been, a remorse of what was not done and could have been done, and the present is wasted, twisted into another missed oppurtunity."

-- Oriana Fallaci

#Regret Quotes #Fate Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“I think politics can no longer be assigned to parliamentary activity and it probably never could be. But politics with a small p and the history of trade union movement really interests me.”
“You know, I think Marco Rubio would be a spectacular candidate for vice president. I think he would energize the country. I think he has a great story. He's bright. He's articulate.”

Source : "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. August 5, 2012.
“Attention! Attention! Attention! Thou art aware of the situation!”
“It is unbecoming for a cardinal to ski badly.”
“It's just a freak of fate that I'm paid to write, not paying to print my own books - but I'd be doing it anyway: it's my life.”
“School is practice for future life, practice makes perfect and nobody's perfect, so why practice?”
“Inner resources are like natural resources; they both dry up eventually when the demands on them are heavy.”

Source : Sheila Ballantyne (1975). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Doubleday Books
“Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef.”

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