"Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing."

-- Jean de La Fontaine

#Names Quotes #Fool Quotes #Commoners Quotes

“We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.”

Source : "Theology is a deceitful strategy" by PZ Myers, freethoughtblogs.com. July 1, 2008.
“Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry.”
“The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.”
“You could be attached to merely a description of a plant or a flower. Or a narrative of an event. Or rage at injustice. Isaiah and the other Hebrew prophets, in their rage, were being altogether attached - not at all detached, although as I think of the word "detachment," I also think of a sheet of paper, loose from its notebook, fluttering around somewhere in the wind trying to find its home again.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Diet food is for lazy people.”
“It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond that everyone can identify with.”
“Be you and I think people will recognize the special things about yourself. Just be you, and be you to the fullest.”
“If you got the game, you got the game. That's why Tiger Woods is out there playing golf with Greg Norman.”

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