"Every new truth has its birth-place in a manger, lives thirty years, is crucified, and then deified."

-- Lucy Stone

#Truth Quotes #Years Quotes #Birth Quotes

“And that wreched creature without hands or feet, who had to be put to bed and fed like a child, that pitiable remnant of a man, whose almost vanished life was nothing more than one scream of pain, cried out in furious indignation: 'What a fool one must be to go and kill oneself!' " - 'Joy of Life”
“Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.”
“You know one little way in which baseball changes us? We don't even think twice about Japanese names anymore. You know what I mean?”
“The time has come to make the protection of children - all our children - a common cause that can unite us across the boundaries of our political orientation, religious affiliation and cultural traditions. We must reclaim our lost taboos, and make the abuse and brutalization of children simply unaccepetable.”
“When all is said and done, monotony may after all be the best condition for creation.”
“This project is so important because it's going to create an environment to inspire people. The RIBA believes that here in the UK we can design buildings and places that bring out the very best in people and motivate them. There is a real desire to see this project happen.”
“He is my brother. She is my sister. Come what will, they are my kin.”
“It is not fair to be old, to put on a brown sweater.”

Source : William Carlos Williams, Macha Louis Rosenthal (1966). “The William Carlos Williams Reader”, p.105, New Directions Publishing

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