"A word after a word after a word is power."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Teaching, the most noble profession, should be rewarded based on merit alone, not seniority.”
“I'd so much rather people think I was funny than pretty.”
“We need to temper the idea that this company has to have some earthshaking event every 15 minutes.”
“Jealousy. Depression. Love. They pretty much demonstrate the whole range of human emotion.”

Source : Brandon Stanton (2013). “Humans of New York”, p.188, Macmillan
“I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.”
“If that guy (Mickey Mantle) were healthy, he'd hit 80 home runs.”
“Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.”
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”

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