"I see America has infused you with the optimism that has made her so great"

-- Khaled Hosseini

#America Quotes #Optimism Quotes #Made Quotes

“The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.”

Source : Jack McDevitt (1995). “The Engines of God”, p.317, Penguin
“I'm not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We're talking about a Mozart of rock music.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Jealousy is, I think, the worst of all faults because it makes a victim of both parties.”

Source : Gene Tierney, Mickey Herskowitz (1979). “Self-portrait”, Peter Wyden
“Ignore what a man desires and you ignore the very source of his power.”
“A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one canâ€™t see--thatâ€™s my idea of happiness.”
“An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.”
“Deposit insurance has proved to be the crack cocaine of American finance.”

Source : Martin Mayer (1990). “The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry”, Scribner Book Company
“Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don't know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress.”

Source : Yogananda (Paramahansa) (1986). “Self-realization”

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