"The lightning-bug is brilliant, but he hasn't any mind; He stumbles through existence with his headlight on behind."

-- Eugene Fitch Ware

#Mind Quotes #Lightning Quotes #Bugs Quotes

“Nature soon takes over if the gardener is absent.”
“Spain and southern Italy, in which Catholicism has most deeply implanted its roots, are even now, probably beyond all other countries in Europe, those in which inhumanity to animals is most wanton and unrebuked.”
“Start-ups don't die, they commit suicide.”

Source : "Start-up Secrets: Tips from America's Coolest Young Entrepreneurs". www.inc.com. September 28, 2009.
“I remind myself: I am the best. I have the best. And I deserve the best. This is one of my personal mantras that I tell myself every morning before auditions, character work, and performances.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I used to go out with actresses and other female impersonators.”
“The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“actuaries are people who wanted to be accountants but didn't have the personality.”

Source : Kaz Cooke (1989). “The Modern Girl's Guide to Everything Staring Hermoine the Modern Girl”, Simon & Schuster
“Make others truly happy as you strive to make yourself happy. Speak a helpful word. Give a cheering smile. Do a kind act. Serve a little. Wipe the tears of one who is in distress. Render smooth a rough place in another's path. You will feel great joy.”

Source : Swami Sivananda (1964). “Bliss Divine: A Book of Spiritual Essays on the Lofty Purpose of Human Life and the Means to Its Achievement”

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