"Don't be pessimistic Because, today, the sun hasn't shone It probably won't next year And you'll then be 61"

-- John Walter Bratton

#Birthday Quotes #Years Quotes #Pessimistic Quotes

“Anybody who does not value what you have does not deserve your relationship.”
“I don't need to know where the green is. Where is the golf course?”
“I think the hardest part to get to is that point of asking for help or reaching out to other people and being honest with yourself.”

Source : "The Tao Of Mary-Kate" by Kevin Sessums, www.elle.com. June 2, 2008.
“Love life seems to be that factor which requires the largest quantity of magical tinkering.”
“There never was a war that was not inward.”
“I can prophecy that your grandchildren in America will live under socialism -- Our firm conviction is that sooner or later Capitalism will give way to Socialism. Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.”

Source : Speech to Western diplomats, Moscow, 18 Nov. 1956.
“[There are] judges who stretch the law...to suit reactionary attitudes.”
“The easier an experience, or the more entrenched, or the more familiar, the fainter our sensation of it becomes. This is true of chocolate and marriages and hometowns and narrative structures. Complexities wane, miracles become unremarkable, and if we're not careful, pretty soon we're gazing out at our lives as if through a burlap sack.”

Source : Anthony Doerr (2008). “Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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