"There are forces working in the world as never before in the history of mankind for standardization, for the regimentation of us all, or what I like to call making muffins of us, muffins all like every other muffin in the muffin tin. This is the limited universe, the drying dissipating universe that we can help our children to avoid by providing them with â€˜explosive material capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly'."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

#Children Quotes #Tin Quotes #World Quotes

“In leadership, there are no words more important than trust. In any organization, trust must be developed among every member of the team if success is going to be achieved”
“When you are in the dark and you can't see anything, something is looking at you seeing everything”
“The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed and the trophies distributed long before the public knows what has happened.”

Source : Tom Wolfe (2008). “The Painted Word”, p.24, Macmillan
“I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.”
“We are having a public health response to this epidemic of prescription opioids. We are looking at treatment options, there are drugs being made available for treatments, and we aren't just throwing people in prison. So this is a very different response than the traditional criminal justice response that we have had to past drug epidemics.”
“Professionally, I have no major goals. That's partly because I'm really flaky. I want things, but I don't go after them. I'd rather they be placed in my lap.”
“When I got to Hollywood, at first I couldn't get a lot of jobs. So I grew a beard and look like a really bad Arab, and I started to get a lot of work because that's what they want.”
“A story can sing the truth and not just tell it.”

Source : Andrew M. Greeley, Robert Barron (2007). “The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out”, p.8, Rowman & Littlefield

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