"A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible of, and of which every other is equally sensible. Yours and mine are terms in all languages, familiar among savages, and understood even by children. This is a fact, which every human creature can testify."

-- Henry Home, Lord Kames

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #Fruit Quotes

“The public citizenship oath done in a court in front of a judge and one's fellow citizens should be done publicly.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“When I'm nervous, I stutter, and I had to keep stopping and starting.”
“It is essential that we put an end to ***** abuse and set a better example for aspiring young athletes to follow, so that some day, when they make it in the All Star Game, it will be because of their own natural talents, and not because of a performance enhancing product.”
“Before you know it you'll be my age telling your own granddaughter the story of your life and you wanna make it an interesting one, don't you? You wanna be able to tell her some adventures, some excitements, some something. How you live your life, little one, is a gift for those who come after you, a kind of inheritance.”

Source : Cristina Garcia (2009). “I Wanna Be Your Shoebox”, p.44, Simon and Schuster
“Our truth is the intersection of independent lies”
“Think about a night like that often enough, you'll ask yourself a lot of questions. Most of them about yourself. The kind of person you are. What you'll do and why and when you'll do it. What you believe in. What you really believe in.”

Source : Charlie Huston (2007). “Half the Blood of Brooklyn: A Novel”, p.46, Del Rey
“There is a common belief that under modern conditions peace cannot be assured except on the basis of an equal balance of armaments...[but] true and lasting peace among nations cannot consist in the possession of an equal supply of armaments but only in mutual trust.”
“With the growing recognition of the value of herbs, it is surely time to examine the professional therapeutic use of these herbs. There are profound changes happening in the American culture and herbal medicine, 'green medicine,' is playing an ever-increasing role in people's experience of this transformation.”

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