"Cogg would suddenly stand stock still. "Listen," he would say. Some feeble quack would be heard from the willow beyond the pond. "That's an easy one to tell. The frog-pippit." Then he would add, As a safety measure, "As I believe they call it in these parts.""

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Source : Stephen Potter (1962). “Three-upmanship: The theory & practice of gamesmanship: Some notes on lifemanship [and] One-upmanship”

Stephen Potter

#Believe Quotes #Safety Quotes #Bird Quotes

“I don't understand why we're all connected wirelessly via a little machine that goes in our pocket, to everybody in the world, and you have to have reels for a movie.”
“Allah will never disappoint the sincere caller. Even when you think He hasnâ€™t answered you, He plans in your favor.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Jan 25, 2014
“The only one I really like is a song called Saccharine.”
“Parents should be able to develop goals about the type of parents they want to be.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“People often wonder just what trainers give the sheepdog in exchange for its boundless willingness. Food treats and praise sit on the trainer's shelf, untouched, unused. The sheepdog is shown its possibilities, he learns what life is like for a good dog and is invited to walk in a rational world whose farthest boundaries are defined by grace.”

Source : Donald McCaig (2014). “Nop's Hope: A Novel”, p.122, Open Road Media
“The light ones may be killers, the dark ones mild; not the wrappers but the fillers, make cigars or women wild.”
“Every so often I take out a volume and read a page or two. After all, reading is looking after in a manner of speaking. Though they're not old enough to be valuable for their age alone, nor important enough to be sought after by collectors, my charges are dear to me, even if, as often as not, they are as dull on the inside as on the outside. No matter how banal the contents, there is always something that touches me. For someone now dead once thought these words significant enough to write them down.”

Source : Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.17, Simon and Schuster
“Success is not easy and I think everyone should know that hard work and perseverance and being open to giving back are so much more powerful than stepping all over people to get to the top.”

Source : Source: bknation.org

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