"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

-- Oliver Wendell Holmes

#Men Quotes #Umpires Quotes #Worry Quotes

“The hiss was now becoming a roar - the whole world was a vast moving screen of snow - but even now it said peace, it said remoteness, it said cold, it said sleep.”

Source : Gerald R. Barrett, Thomas L. Erskine, Conrad Aiken (1972). “From fiction to film: Conrad Aiken's Silent snow, secret snow”
“I'm like a lion - I roar. If someone betrays me, I won't be a victim. I don't sulk, I get angry. I go immediately into retaliation. But it always comes from insecurity or pain.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Earning of livelihood by following some profession is better than living on charity.”
“You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself.”
“Never lose sight of an antelope for a dashing squirrel.”
“The afterlife I'm not so sure about. So, I don't understand why you'd want to hurt other people in thinking that you'll go on in the afterlife to have bliss. I just don't understand it.”
“Discomfort is a pain. Boredom is a pain. A perfect piece of music can reduce us to tears. Every one of these pains is essential to the growth of the soul. Pain is part of the beauty of life. It enriches us.”

Source : Ruben Papian (2013). “How to Wish”, p.10
“There's something about political comedy that sometimes closes people off, and my general goal is to open people right up.”

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