"In Maine we have a saying that there's no point in speaking unless you can improve on silence."

-- Edmund Muskie

#Communication Quotes #Silence Quotes #Maine Quotes

“Displease the Winter King and we'll none of us see another spring.”

Source : C. L. Wilson (2014). “The Winter King”, p.18, Harper Collins
“Glory is for none but the learned, Guided are they - and proofs for seekers of guidance. Every person is measured based on how much of it (knowledge) he mastered, The ignorant are to the learned their enemies, Succeed with knowledge and live energetically forever, Men are all dead, only the possessors of knowledge are truly alive”
“I will not be tortured, I tear torture out of myself by torturing you!”
“Joy comes from using your potential.”
“It is a blessing for a man to have a hand in determining his own fate.”
“Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there's no telling what you will find.”
“I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society.”

Source : Interview with Ian Cobain, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.
“I'd like to be honest to my time, and I lived from 1946, and I want to understand why our country, which I love so much, and was a great country when I was young, it seemed, became this monster vampire on the face of humanity- a vampire squid, to quote Matt Taibbi, sucking out the juices of all mankind. Why? It's a basic question.”

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