"Use the right word, not its second cousin."

-- Mark Twain

#Cousin Quotes #Use Quotes

“This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.”
“To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.”
“When I get on the airplane, I put on the eye mask. And I travel a lot so I use it all the time.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“Someone once said that dancers work just as hard as policeman, always alert, always tense. But i dont agree with that because policeman don't have to look beautiful at the same time" *”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.”
“And when I was angry, when I was younger, I was in a cocoon. Now I'm a beautiful, black butterfly.”

Source : "Tracy Morgan On Being 'The New Black'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 22, 2009.
“When love and spirit are brought together, their power can accomplish anything. Then love, power, and spirit are one.”
“In life, the things that go wrong are often the very things that lead to other things going right.”

Source : "Arianna Huffington Speaks To The Nightingale School’s Senior Class Of 2012", www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2012.

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