"Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly."

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Source : Marguerite Countess of Blessington, Marguerite GARDINER (Countess of Blessington.) (1839). “Desultory Thoughts and Reflections”, p.74

Catherine the Great

#Grateful Quotes #People Quotes #Blame Quotes

“Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast.”

Source : Bob Kerrey, Robert Kerrey (2003). “When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir”, Harvest Books
“If you have got a living force and you're not using it, nature kicks you back. The blood boils just like you put it in a pot.”
“All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.”
“[On George H.W. Bush vs. Michael Dukakis:] Americans now know they can vote for a man who can't express his thoughts or a man who can't express his feelings.”
“I believe that any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.”
“Secular humanism proposes ... the complete implementation of the agenda of modernism ... what is necessary for it to occur is a ... New Enlightenment.”
“I don't like shopping, and I like my clothes to be comfortable.”
“They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import active uranium, and my colleague demonstrated the other day that they came to the conclusion that it was a fake document that everybody is relying upon.”

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