"Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind."

-- Edward Abbey

#Fool Quotes #Mankind Quotes #Foolishness Quotes

“For only by nurturing the minds and strengthening the values of our children can we give them an opportunity to be full, productive citizens, to reach their God-given potential, and to have good jobs right here in Oklahoma.”
“Don't thank me,' Mr. Curtain called as the door slid closed. 'Impress me!”
“People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh.”
“There is no such thing, as far as I'm concerned, as ownership in love.”
“Evie â€ came his faint whisper â€œIâ€™m going to your mother seeâ€¦sheâ€™s got â€™em to leave a back door openâ€¦so I can steal into â€™eaven.”
“I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father. I want to be judged on my own merits.”
“I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.”
“With apologies to the green movement, "sustainability" is a myth. History and archaeology show that societies are always moving to the edge of crisis, "falling forward" through growth, but then responding often successfully to the problems created. What we can hope for is that with a somewhat more controlled level of growth, and with longer-term preparations for change, we can keep responding to the inevitable smaller crises, as they arise, and continue to postpone until later and later the, perhaps ultimately inevitable, end of our civilization.”

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