"Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise."

-- Giuseppe Verdi

#Stupid Quotes #Criticism Quotes #Praise Quotes

“Does anything really matter? We all end up in the same place. All that's left is our Wikipedia entry.”
“My hopes are that I can give my children security, health, and the confidence to create the life they want and serve others.”
“You cannot appreciate the beauty of the sky at night without these five shining lights.”
“Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.”

Source : Blaise Pascal (2007). “Thoughts”, p.317, Cosimo, Inc.
“Well, Ma, see... there's this girl." Silence. He checked to make sure the call hadn't been dropped. "You still there, Ma?" A sniffle. "You can't be crying already," he said. "I haven't told you anything about her yet." "It doesn't matter, Nick," his mother said through her tears. "Those are the three words I've been waiting thirty-four years to hear.”
“I guess most of us would rather not discuss cancer because we are all afraid we might be told we have it. It's hard for people to even say the word, and that's the first obstacle you have to overcome when you are diagnosed with the disease. I think once you understand a little more about it ... I don't mean it gets any easier ... but I think you give it more in-depth thought about how you're going to deal with it.”
“The first of a thousand lies. Truth flowed to Micah Quill, was sucked in and disappeared, and emerged again looking ever so much like it used to, but changed subtly, at the edges, where none would notice, so that simple truth became a complicated fabric indeed, one that could wrap you up so tightly and close you off from the air until you suffocated in it.”
“He looks the whole world in the face for he owes not any man.”

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