"The best hope is that one of these days the ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away - leaving people with nothing more to stand on than what they have so bloody well stood for up to now."

-- Kenneth Patchen

#People Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Successful societies-those which progress economically and politically and can control the terms on which they deal with the outside world-succeed because they have found ways to match individual self-interest to the collective good.”
“The thing is, unfortunately, I write the best songs when I'm miserable.”
“Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.”

Source : Amitai Etzioni (1993). “The spirit of community: rights, responsibilities, and the communitarian agenda”, Crown
“I owe the public a good performance, the best I can give. We really bust our chops on 'CHiPs' but when I go home and get a weekend off, I want to spend it quietly, with my lady.”
“Philosophers tend to radically underestimate the distance between abstract principles (such as "reduce suffering") and what it might actually mean for people to act on them.”
“All I need to do to stay healthy is look at my three boys.”
“As we were baptized, so we profess our belief. As we profess our belief, so also we offer praise. As then baptism has been given us by the Savior, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost, so, in accordance with our baptism, we make the confession of the creed, and our doxology in accordance with our creed.”
“Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World! You, too, have come where the dim tides are hurled. Upon the wharves of sorrow, and heard ring The bell that calls us on; the sweet far thing.”

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