"A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person."

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Source : Dave Barry (1998). “Dave Barry Turns 50”, Crown

Dave Barry

#Inspirational Quotes #Motivational Quotes #Kindness Quotes

“I am still determined to be cheerful and to be happy in whatever situation I may be, for I have also learnt from experianence that the greater part of our happiness or misary depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances; we carry the seeds of the one, or the other about with us, in our minds, wherever we go.”
“It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
“Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures,”
“Monetary reform, if it is to be genuine and successful, must sever money and banking from politics. That's why a modern gold standard must have: no central bank; no fixed rations between gold and silver; no bail-outs; no suspension of gold payments or other bank frauds; no monetization of debt; and no inflation of the money supply, all of which have proved so disastrous in the past.”
“I support gay marriage. I believe they have a right to be as miserable as the rest of us.”
“What pays under capitalism is satisfying the common man, the customer. The more people you satisfy, the better for you.”
“If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.”
“Yes, I do like to be in control. I do like everything to be laid out, to know what I'm doing. I'm very impatient. I like things done yesterday, which is probably a fault of mine. I like things to be neat and tidy and organised. I say what I want and show what I want and I keep things private.”

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