"As a pastor and as a dad, I want my son to know I tell the truth. He can read the book. He knows if I exaggerated or if I didn't. My son is forever gonna believe that I'm an honest person or I'm a liar by what I wrote in that book, because he can read."

-- Todd Burpo

#Dad Quotes #Liars Quotes #Book Quotes

“O fools, awake! The rites ye sacred hold Are but a cheat contrived by men of old Who lusted after wealth and gained their lust And died in baseness-and their law is dust.”
“I am really high maintenance and won't walk through the microwave that fries your body. I always request a pat down [in airport].”
“A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.”
“What has once been settled by a precedent will not be unsettled overnight, for certainty and uniformity are gains not lightly sacrificed. Above all is this true when honest men have shaped their conduct on the faith of the pronouncement.”

Source : "The Paradoxes of Legal Science". Book by Benjamin N. Cardozo, 1928.
“Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes.”
“I'm very comfortable being married to an extremely strong, opinionated, and driven woman. But I also sit at the head of the table. I have both of those sides to me.”
“Men and Melons are hard to know.”
“There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don't get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren't we glad people are still doing it?”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. November 26, 2008.

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