"To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival."

-- Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

#Mean Quotes #Greed Quotes #Survival Quotes

“I have done all that I came into this world to do. I have worked task work, and have the rest of the day to myself.”
“Well, I think every now and again, some people deserve to get their butts chewed. Every now and again some people deserve a pat on the back. What I try and do is compliment folk who deserve a compliment, and chew folks out who deserve to be chewed out.”
“The girls show more skin these days, but I think, generally, they behave the same way as when I was growing up.”
“This is a year and a few months after the transplant. Before I had it my doctors told me that it would be the biggest thing that I ever had to face and believe me, when they take your liver out of ya and put another one in it's like replacing a football in your stomach.”
“We should not take the blessings of God for granted. We should always be careful to give God praise and thanksgiving for the work that he does in our lives.”
“I'm soooooo telling." Puck stood behind her. "You two disobeyed your parents! I'm both shocked and really impressed.”

Source : Michael Buckley (2012). “The Sisters Grimm: Book Nine: The Council of Mirrors”, p.27, Abrams
“Never try to out drink a Swede, unless you happen to be a Finn or at least a Russian.”

Source : Jonas Jonasson (2012). “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared”, p.111, Hachette UK
“Whenever I'm doing any film, I'm always just happy to have a job and I always just put 110% of myself into it.”

Source : "Exclusive: Thomas Ian Nicholas Talks Fading of the Cries and American Reunion". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 07, 2011.

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