"Every man serves a useful purpose: a miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor."

-- Laurence J. Peter

#Men Quotes #Example Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“I never went to the gym before in my life. But, at 32, I notice that my body responds negatively to bad food, so I must make double the effort.”
“Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or something -Shane”
“The pathfinders of modern thought did not derive what is good from the law. ... Their role in history was not that of adapting their words and actions to the text of old documents or generally accepted doctrines: they themselves created the documents and brought about the acceptance of their doctrines.”
“Two hands are better than four sometimes.”

Source : Antonia White (1979). “The Lost Traveller”
“Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.”
“Some of y'all are not where you want to be in life, yet you party every weekend. What is it that youâ€™re celebrating?”
“I thought I'd blown it at the 17th when I drove into a trap. God is a Mexican.”
“I feel as if I am an ad for the sale of a haunted house: 18 rooms $37,000 Iâ€™m yours ghosts and all.”

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