"You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things."

-- Ming-Dao Deng

#May Quotes #Great Things Quotes #Capable Quotes

“Macey was just starting to argue when Abby asked, "What can you tell me about the gunmen?" "They're amateurs," Hale said at the exact same time Macey told her teacher, "They're pros.”
“Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in.”

Source : William Kent Krueger (2014). “Ordinary Grace: A Novel”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
“Iâ€™m not going to pick her up and carry her screaming to the basement,â€ Trent said. â€œItâ€™s a workday. Besides, she has a crutch.â€ â€œCrutch or no, sheâ€™s hurt!â€ Ceri protested. â€œI mean,â€ Trent said intently, â€œshe can hit me with it if I do something she doesnâ€™t like.”
“... I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I learned that a lighter-gauge string offers superior playing comfort ... try it, you may like it ...”
“On the conservative side, today's libertarianism is far more dogmatic and devoid of qualification than the liberalism of Adam Smith or J.S. Mill. Like Marxism, libertarianism is a utopian worldview based on an economic-determinist vision of history. Unlike Marxism, libertarianism is highly specific in its predictions about the transition to the utopian world order, rendering it vulnerable to fact.”
“When they told me my new-born babe was a girl, my heart was heavier than it had ever been before. Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women.”

Source : Harriet Ann Jacobs (2006). “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl - Literary Touchstone Classic”, p.92, Prestwick House Inc
“I've never looked at a tax return without immediately losing consciousness.”

Source : Source: www.indiewire.com
“The distribution of wealth is just as important as its creation.”

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