"No man with a sense of humor ever founded a religion."

-- Robert Green Ingersoll

#Work Quotes #Men Quotes #Sense Of Humor Quotes

“An empty taxi drew up outside 10 Downing Street and Clement Attlee got out of it.”
“To communicate, put your words in order; give them a purpose; use them to persuade, to instruct, to discover, to seduce.”
“A nation lives forever through its concepts, honour, and culture. It is for these reasons that the rulers of nations must judge and act not only on the basis of physical and material interests of the nation but on the basis of the nation's historical honour, of the nation's eternal interests. Thus: not bread at all costs, but honour at all costs.”

Source : "For My Legionaries: The Iron Guard". Book by Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, 1936.
“One should assiduously pursue perfection without ever claiming to attain it.”
“The more I was treated as a woman, the more woman I became. A adapted willy-nilly. If I was assumed to be incompetent at reversing cars, or opening bottles, oddly incompetent I found myself becoming. If a case was thought too heavy for me, inexplicably I found it so myself.”

Source : Jan Morris (2011). “Conundrum”, p.166, Faber & Faber
“Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.”
“Solid information is necessary, but insufficient. We also need to present that information in ways that are inspiring and accessible. That's where stories come in.”
“To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.”

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