"It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things."

-- Robert M. Hutchins

#Important Quotes #Serious Quotes #Sincerity Quotes

“I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.”
“If you spend your life trying to please people or letting them control you, you may make them happy, but you'll miss your destiny.”

Source : Tom Rath, Barry Conchie (2008). “Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“Filipinos are called to be outstanding missionaries of faith in Asia”
“According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.”

Source : "The Dynamics of Evolution: The Punctuated Equilibrium Debate in the Natural and Social Sciences". Book by Albert Somit and Steven Peterson, p. 21-48, "Speciational Evolution or Punctuated Equilibria", 1992.
“I'd say a watch is like a jewel of the man. It's really to distinguish yourself, because in your watch people can see who you are, more or less, what you want to represent to other people.”
“All of humanity now has the option to "make it" successfully and sustainably, by virtue of our having minds, discovering principles and being able to employ these principles to do more with less.”
“If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.”
“The Art we look at is made by only a select few. A small group create, promote, purchase, exhibit and decide the success of Art. Only a few hundred people in the world have any real say. When you go to an Art gallery you are simply a tourist looking at the trophy cabinet of a few millionaires”

Source : "Banksy: Wall and Piece". Book by Banksy, 2005.

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