"You know what has made me the happiest I've ever been? Seeing my son and daughter graduate from college. More than wanting them to be educated, I wanted them to be nice people. To see that they have become both is just a wonderful thing."

-- Gil Scott-Heron

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #Nice Quotes

“I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.”
“Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.”

Source : Walter Mosley (2003). “What Next: A Memoir Toward World Peace”, p.131, Black Classic Press
“The first real concert, other than going with my dad to see Three Dog Night, was Smashing Pumpkins and Garbage. I was fourteen or fifteen. I liked Shirley Manson because she reminded me of Annie Lennox. They both have these deep, sexy, powerful alto voices.”
“If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it”
“The plain truth is that the reporter's trade is for young men. Your feet, which do the legwork, are nine times more important than your head, which fits the facts into a coherent pattern.”
“One man cannot make a team.”
“As long as we define ourselves in terms of our pain and our problems, we will never be free from them.”
“Japan can't get anything on the market very cheaply because it has a large, relatively highly paid workforce which you can't fire.”

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