"I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good."

-- Christopher Paolini

#Children Quotes #Father Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Sister Simplicitie! Sing, sing a song to me,-- Sing me to sleep! Some legend low and long, Slow as the summer song Of the dull Deep.”

Source : Sydney Thompson Dobell, “Fragment Of A Sleep-Song”
“We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.”
“Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant!”

Source : "Networks Paint 'Trailblazer' Kagan as Hilarious Wit Who 'Can Take a Punch'". www.newsbusters.org. June 30, 2010.
“I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York!”
“The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.”

Source : Mary Stewart (2011). “This Rough Magic”, p.55, Hachette UK
“The horse must understand and accept any demands made by rider without any resistance. Reward the horse each time he does what is asked of him. Never ask for more than he is capable of giving. Make him a COMPANION, and not a slave, then you will see what a true friend he is.”
“I'm a young woman and I'm going to write about what I know.”
“There have been people who have tried to take advantage of me. They want to be linked to me just because I'm Ethel Merman.”

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