"It seems to me that a man who is incapable of humor is capable of cruelty."

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Source : Jean Webster (2016). “Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated”, p.70, Jester House Publishing

Bette Greene

#Men Quotes #Cruelty Quotes #Capable Quotes

“In a very real sense, the Constitution is our compact with history . . . [but] the Constitution can maintain that compact and serve as the lodestar of our political system only if its terms are binding on us. To the extent we depart from the document's language and rely instead on generalities that we see written between the lines, we rob the Constitution of its binding force and give free reign to the fashions and passions of the day.”

Source : "It Is a Constitution We Are Expounding: A Debate" by A. Kozinski & J.D. Williams, Utah L. Rev. 978, at 980, 1989.
“Hillary Clinton is under fire from Latinos, specifically online. This comes from a recent blog post by Clinton's campaign that was meant to reach out to Latinos. Instead, it offended many people.”

Source : "#NotMyAbuela: Hillary Clinton Offends Some Latinos With Blog Post". "All Things Considered" with Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. December 23, 2015.
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”
“I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write a story. I can see ideas spark in me.”
“A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody is so much more ready to produce his own, than to call for a display of your acquisitions.”
“Climbing is a great game-great not in spite of the demands it makes, but because of them. Great because it will not let us give half of ourselves-it demands all of us. It demands our best.”
“When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.”

Source : "Simply Transcribed: Quotations from Fausto Cercignani". Book by Brian Morris (p. 37), 2014.
“My friends back home call me a warrior. In fact I'm a butterfly-faced warrior.”

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