"I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor."

-- Chris Patten

#Thinking Quotes #Important Quotes #Endeavor Quotes

“There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.”
“As artists get wealthier and more famous, often their work gets worse... I'm fascinated by the decline of artists. I suspect I'll be in decline myself. It's a fact of life.”
“The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.”

Source : Tom Rath (2015). “Are You Fully Charged? (Intl): The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life”, p.20, Missionday, LLC
“It makes you a different person, to not have a past. It eats away at who you are, until whatâ€™s left is all construct, all artifice.”
“Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women?”
“Claiming that you have got the truth wrapped up does breed violence and intolerance.”

Source : Timothy Radcliffe (2013). “What is the Point of Being a Christian?”, p.116, A&C Black
“Yet if he upbraided her in his hurry, it was to repent bitterly his temper the next, and to feel its effects more than she, temper being a weapon that we hold by the blade.”
“Be classy. Anything but trashy.”

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