"It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to myself, to my family, and to the world."

-- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

#World Quotes #Impossible Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“I think people never hear what they say, and speech is a mocking sound instead of a jazz concert.”
“No one ever takes my side.”
“I was an impostor, the worthy associate of a brigand, &c., &c., and all this for an atom of chlorine put in the place of an atom of hydrogen, for the simple correction of a chemical formula!”

Source : David M. Knight, Auguste Laurent (1998). “The Development of Chemistry, 1789-1914: Chemical method”, Routledge
“All these stupendous objects are daily around us; but because they are constantly exposed to our view, they never affect our minds, so natural is it for us to admire new, rather than grand objects. Therefore the vast multitude of stars which diversify the beauty of this immense body does not call the people together; but when any change happens therein, the eyes of all are fixed upon the heavens.”
“I think there's really only been one successful video game adaptation, and that was probably 'Tomb Raider.' Whether or not you thought it was a good movie, it was successful financially.”

Source : "David S. Goyer talks Dark Knight, Superman and Call of Duty: Black Ops". Interview with Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. September 24, 2013.
“Did you find yourself?" "What?" said my sister. "Did you find yourself?" "She found me," I said.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.234, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“It is, at the most basic level, a bundle of contradictions: a desire for power that strips you of all power. A gesture of strength that divests you of all strength.”

Source : Marya Hornbacher (2009). “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia”, p.9, Harper Collins
“Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.”

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