"your actions live after you till this globe is dissolved; they pass inevitably down as an inheritance from one generation to another. ... decency and integrity, courage and compassion, are always well worth while; they are not lost, but pass on down the generations; we are indeed the heirs of all the ages."

-- Phyllis Bentley

#Integrity Quotes #Compassion Quotes #Age Quotes

“Hate wears you down and doesnâ€™t hurt your enemy. Itâ€™s like taking poison and hoping your enemy will die.”
“You mustn't miss the moment. There's only one first sailing into Rio harbor.”
“I knew de Kooning and I went to his studio so I knew about de Kooning's work. But only a little handful knew about it, you know. Maybe there were ten people that knew about it.”
“It hurts so good and I feel euphoric after . . . yoga people on a whole are super cool and everyone is there to work on their own thing.”
“I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral.”

Source : "The Guardian profile: Catherine Tate" by wen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. December 23, 2005.
“Can I ask you a question?" "I'd be disappointed if you didn't." "How many of those suits do you have? Do you like, send them to the laundry, or throw them out and put on a new one when it gets all gamey?" - Bobby talking to Saint Dane, RR”
“I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.”
“Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.”

Source : 'The Spectator' no. 494, 26 September 1712

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