"Conservatism is the maintenance of conventions already in force."

-- Thorstein Veblen

#Consistency Quotes #Maintenance Quotes #Tradition Quotes

“Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.”

Source : "To Celia" l. 1 (1616).
“My 80s were the best years of my life!”
“I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.”
“I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies. The world needs such men more than Heaven does.”
“Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales.”
“Individual companies now have the voluntary responsibility of recalling their own products. While many companies have acted properly and swiftly to recall contaminated goods, the delay between the identification of tainted foods and the company's decision to recall those foods leads to the needless sickness of too many Americans.”

Source : "What’s Needed to Protect Our Nation’s Food Supply" by Rep. Diana DeGette, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2009.
“You can't walk on water until you get yourself out the boat.”
“Really, The smart thing to do was to stop dating and get a cat.”

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