"If good people would make their goodness agreeable, and smile instead of frowning in their virtue, how many would they win to the good cause."

-- James Ussher

#Smile Quotes #Winning Quotes #People Quotes

“Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after life. But now, we are witnessing a transformation, a true opium of the people is the belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace, the huge comfort of thinking that for our betrayals, our greed, our cowardice, our murders, we are not going to be judged.”
“Thus we work not in the light of public opinion but in the secrecy of the chamber; and perhaps the best of us are apt at times to forget the delicacies and sincerities which under these conditions are essential to harmony and honour.”
“Anyone who has chanced like me to roam through desolate mountains and studied at length their fantastic shapes and drunk the invigorating air of their valleys can understand why I wish to describe and depict these magic scenes for others.”
“Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on the street corner, just let's pretend we never met before.”
“Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.”
“I hardly have any spare time! But when I do, I garden a lot - I love plants and flowers.”
“So many people have that kind of attitude and approach to learning that it gives me great hope for the world. I say hope in the sense that innovations in science and technology will be the engines of a 21st century economy and I don't want to go broke, as a nation. So, the hope I have is that, if people embrace it, we'll have a healthier, more secure, wealthier nation than we have.”
“Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, labs.imdb.com.

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