"The man is either mad or his is making verses. [Lat., Aut insanit homo, aut versus facit.]"

-- Horace

#Men Quotes #Mad Quotes #Poet Quotes

“When people ask me what they should do, I reply, "Get informed, get outraged, and then get political."”
“If there is something in nature you don't understand, odds are it makes sense in a deeper way that is beyond your understanding. So there is a logic to natural things that is much superior to our own. Just as there is a dichotomy in law: 'innocent until proven guilty' as opposed to 'guilty until proven innocent', let me express my rule as follows: what Mother Nature does is rigorous until proven otherwise; what humans and science do is flawed until proven otherwise.”
“For too much of history, we've viewed the world's precious resources - both environmental and human - as things to extract, to make the most of in order to maximize their potential.”
“Women are their own worst enemies. And guilt is the main weapon of self-torture . . . Show me a woman who doesn't feel guilty and I'll show you a man.”
“A currency serves three functions: providing a means of payment, a unit of account and a store of value. Gold may be a store of value for wealth, but it is not a means of payment. You cannot pay for your groceries with it. Nor is it a unit of account. Prices of goods and services, and of financial assets, are not denominated in gold terms.”

Source : "Gold prices are heading towards $1,000" by Nouriel Roubini, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2013.
“I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men.”

Source : Michael Faraday (2016). “The Chemical History of a Candle”, p.89, Library of Alexandria
“The chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of favorable business conditions.”
“Christianity is not a sprint but an endurance run. Therefore it is not how we start the race that counts, but how we complete it. How we finish is determined by the choices we make, and those are often formed by patterns we develop along the way.”

Source : John Bevere (2007). “Honor's Reward: How to Attract God's Favor and Blessing”, p.8, Messenger International

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