"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire."

-- Aristotle

#Nature Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Passion Quotes

“No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add.”

Source : Carl Hiaasen (2014). “Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities, and Tar-Balled Beaches: Selected Columns”, p.93, Vintage
“Everyday is one less day.”
“God... Please keep my eyes focused on the only target worth hitting - Christlikeness!”

Source : Johnny Hunt (2011). “My Daily Devotional Prayer Book -”, p.200, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.”
“As a historian, what I trust is my ability to take a mass of information and tell a story shaped around it.”
“Imagination is a flame that ignites the creative spirit. Imagination lights up your mind by stoking mental fires. It can be stimulated from the outside through the senses, or from the inside through the driving power of curiosity and discontent.”
“It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.”
“Since last year I've been making the rounds talking to just about anyone who'll listen about this opportunity to re-establish a manufacturing base in the U.S.”

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