"If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil."

-- Jonah Goldberg

#Evil Quotes #Devil Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very gladâ€¦ DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it. Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.”
“Like a lot of fellows around here, I have a furniture problem. My chest has fallen into my drawers.”
“I'm the nicest ***** dame that ever lived.”
“In time of war all countries behave equally badly, because the power of action is handed over to stupid and obstinate men.”

Source : "The Other Half: A Self Portrait". Book by Kenneth Clark, 1977.
“We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.”
“Unplanned process improvement is wishful thinking.”

Source : Watts S. Humphrey (1989). “Managing the Software Process”, Addison-Wesley Professional
“What we do with our lives every day, whether at school, a desk job, or keeping the home in order, is our most basic opportunity to glorify God. That's what your role in His story looks like day in and day out. Instead of waiting to be offered a new role, play the current one well.”
“For a time after my divorce everything began to seem profoundly ironic to me. I found myself thinking of other peoples' worries as sources of amusement and private derision which I thought about at night to make myself feel better.”

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