"I don't think of myself as a grading barometer and I doubt if any climber could be one."

-- Fred Nicole

#Thinking Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“Legislators in Kansas, Arizona and 23 other states who are properly determined to protect religious freedom can begin by asking themselves: Does any religious conviction justify denying lesbians and gays a basic legal promise of non-discrimination in hiring, public accommodations, and housing? Surely the answer to this question is no. Correcting that inequity would begin the process of recognizing that both sides - gay couples and religious objectors - have rights and that reasonable accommodation is possible only when both sides have something to gain.”
“The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.”
“If my wheel comes off and I hit the fence real hard, I get to whack every damn one of you with a hammer.”
“Parents and educators need to establish a culture in which security and clarity of expectations are balanced with the encouragement of playfulness, inquisitiveness and self reliance.”

Source : Guy Claxton (2001). “Wise Up”, p.340, A&C Black
“Art is stronger than Nature”

Source : Norbert Wolf, Titian (2006). “I, Titian”, Prestel Publishing
“How right- how incredibly, utterly right- and how impossible!”

Source : Elizabeth George Speare (2011). “The Witch of Blackbird Pond”, p.122, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I never try and sound like Sabbath”

Source : "It's Just Honest Music". Interview with David Marchese, www.popmatters.com. July 13, 2005.
“If you knew where your happiness came from, it gave you patience. You realized that a lot of the time, you were just waiting out a situation, and that took the pressure off; you no longer looked to every interaction to actually do something for you.”

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