"If my lips teach the public that men are made mad by bad treatment, and if the police are taught that they may exasperate to madness men they persecute and ill treat, my life will not be entirely thrown away."

-- Ned Kelly

#Men Quotes #Mad Quotes #Police Quotes

“I don't really understand what a dictator is, but on the other hand I sometimes, in a nice way, envy myself," he said. "I am the last and only dictator in Europe and indeed there are none anywhere else in the world.”

Source : Interview with Camilla Johnson-Hill, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 22, 2010.
“There are no living beings who exert more power over others, pound for pound, than tiny babies and extremely thin moguls.”

Source : "Landmark Study Reveals That CEOs Are Remarkably Similar to Babies" by Stanley Bing, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 9, 2011.
“I come from the philosophy of: "Whatever happens to me is the greatest thing that could happen, no matter what." Sometimes in the moment I have a regret, but then I have found myself every time down the line saying to myself: "I wouldn't be here if it weren't for that so called failure."”
“The gods do not fight against necessity.”

Source : "Protagoras". Dialogue by Plato, 345d,
“We age inevitably: The old joys fade and are gone: And at last comes equanimity and the flame burning clear.”

Source : James Oppenheim (1916). “War and Laughter”
“When the kids were growing up, I think they thought the worst thing about me being a mom is that I would laugh at them. They would say something that they thought was serious and intense and I would laugh. I thought it was funny, but they don't want to be laughed at.”
“You don't look in the eyes of a carrot seed quite in the way you do a panda bear, but it's very important diversity.”

Source : "One seed at a time, protecting the future of food". TED conference, www.ted.com. July 2009.
“I never saw an athletic girl that thought she was strong enough to do indoor work.”

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