"Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, most people give it entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity and should be treated as such...."

-- Peter McWilliams

#Giving Quotes #People Quotes #Our Words Quotes

“To me, the decathlon is its own little society and I am part of that culture.”
“I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids. We try to get back three or four times a year. When they go to school they speak with a British-American accent but when they come home to us they go back to their British accent.”
“When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.”

Source : Frederic Bastiat (2006). “The Law”, p.10, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“I doubt if I could love anyone who did not wish to see Look Back in Anger.”
“Alcohol is a misunderstood vitamin.”
“We love a good, hyped sound, but when it starts to sound insincere, that's when I lose interest. I hope that our music, even if it sounds polished, doesn't sound insincere.”
“When you're performing, you're creating a moment.”
“Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great and good who now cluster around the banner of the country, there exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul, than that of the illustrious man whose death I join you in lamenting.”

Source : William Winwood Reade (1874). “The Martyrdom of Man”, p.38

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