"I went back to the notion of story, which is always a good thing to have if you're trying to get people to pay attention to a book and pick up information along the way."

-- David Macaulay

#Book Quotes #People Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The only realistic view is that a human life arises gradually, which is not much help in making personal decisions or devising public policy.”

Source : George C. Williams (2014). “The Pony Fish's Glow: And Other Clues To Plan And Purpose In Nature”, p.160, Basic Books
“Whenever, then, the usual and ordinary rate of the profits of agricultural stock, and all the outgoings belonging to the cultivation of land, are together equal to the value of the whole produce, there can be no rent.”
“Being mean about other people isn't on my radar.”
“There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech”
“I don't think there is any other professional Bible scholar who is more respected and honored [like Frank Moore Cross].”
“What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.”
“No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.”

Source : "Jamaican gay rights activists hopeful of repealing anti-homosexuality law" by Sarah Boseley, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2012.
“The battle of Kursk... the forcing of the Dnieper... and the liberation of Kiev, left Hitlerite Germany facing catastrophe.”

Source : "The fall of Berlin". Book by Vasiliy Ivanovich Chuikov, 1968.

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