""Mine ain't a selfish affection, you know," said Mr. Toots, in the confidence engendered by his having been a witness of the Captain's tenderness. "It's the sort of thing with me, Captain Gills, that if I could be run over - or - or trampled upon - or - or thrown off a very high place -or anything of that sort - for Miss Dombey's sake, it would be the most delightful thing that could happen to me.""

-- Charles Dickens

#Love Quotes #Running Quotes #Selfish Quotes

“I don't believe that just because one person is born on one side of some imaginary line and another person is born on the other side means that a lot of people should be getting screwed through no fault of their own.”
“Impious! forbear thus the first general hail. To disappoint, Increase and multiply, To shed thy blossoms thro' the desert air, And sow thy perish'd offspring in the winds.”

Source : John Armstrong, “The Oeconomy Of Love”
“There's a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you're on a ship that is not going to sink.”
“You are most powerful when you are most silent. People never expect silence. They expect words, motion, defense, offense, back and forth. They expect to leap into the fray. They are ready, fists up, words hanging leaping from their mouths. Silence? No.”
“Sometimes you lose some friends and you get new ones.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The first and the best victory is to conquer self.”
“The Libyan program recently discovered was far more extensive than was assessed prior to that.”

Source : Dr David Kay's Testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, www.globalresearch.ca. January 28, 2004.
“We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.”

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