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Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.

Quote by Stevie Wonder about mother, garden, teachers, love

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior...

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man ubderstands what will sell.

Quote by Confucius about philosophy, commerce, man, rightness

It is crucial that members of Congress cast votes that are supportive of the values upon which our nation was founded: equality, freedom, and opportunity for all people.

Quote by Joe Baca about equality, chance, nation, people

The conductor had explicitly given a speech about turning...

The conductor had explicitly given a speech about turning them off the day before.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about day

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as...

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Quote by Ray Bradbury about fall, contentment

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona

Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd.

Some poison'd by their wives, some sleeping kill'd.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that...

I like duos with percussionists. I like the songs that percussionists sing.

Quote by Derek Bailey

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience...

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad.

Quote by William Shakespeare about philosophy, experience

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but...

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.

Quote by Winston Churchill about tradition, nothing

He preaches well that lives well.

He preaches well that lives well.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes

So it was a bit tricky, 'cause most of the people in...

So it was a bit tricky, 'cause most of the people in London belonged to this London clique and we didn't. So we didn't go to parties or hang out.

Quote by Andy Partridge about people

The words are the same words that we use with a little...

The words are the same words that we use with a little different implementation.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about word, use

When its a busy day for you, all your colleagues would be...

When its a busy day for you, all your colleagues would be chatting just outside your cabin.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about day, contentment

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are...

The more skilled you are at something, the worse you are at it when showing someone.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about expectation, contentment

Everything tends to make us believe that there exists a certain point of the mind at which life and death, the real and the imagined, past and future, the communicable and the incommunicable, high and low, cease to be perceived as contradictions.

Quote by André Breton about life, past, future, death, mind, faith, real estate

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and...

When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about violence, sadness, death

History is the version of past events that people have...

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about events, past, history, people

I am not a scholar, I've never learnt to write, but only...

I am not a scholar, I've never learnt to write, but only to read from your palms.

Quote by Ionuț Caragea about word

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government, I...

Say what you like about my bloody murderous government, I says, but don't insult me poor bleedin country.

Quote by Edward Abbey about country, contentment

There just are people, organizations, that need an...

There just are people, organizations, that need an adversary and they want the public to believe that this adversary is dangerous.

Quote by Jean-Marie Le Pen about man, public, need, faith, people

Robs me of that which not enriches him.

Robs me of that which not enriches him.

Quote by William Shakespeare about love

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of...

Do whatever you're directed to do, and leave the rest of that technical stuff up to the director.

Quote by Dennis Farina about rest, contentment

Much of his and also my time was spent on designing and...

Much of his and also my time was spent on designing and building advanced electronic equipment for improved NMR spectrometers.

Quote by Richard Ernst about time

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about good, good luck, contentment, money

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.

Quote by Winston Churchill about love, problems, old, olderness, man, life

From the point of view of light, nothing can reach its...

From the point of view of light, nothing can reach its speed, no body in motion, nothing but the light.

Quote by Dumitru Găleşanu about light

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier...

Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.

Quote by Franz Schubert about friendship, wife, happiness, man

Never teach a pig to sing. It waste your time and annoys...

Never teach a pig to sing. It waste your time and annoys the Pig.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about waste, time

We hired a choreographer, worked on the moves and shot it in a week-the DVD was at first only available on the Internet, and it did really well. That's when Paramount stepped in.

Quote by Carmen Electra about internet

Reality bites, and I've got the teeth marks to prove it.

Reality bites, and I've got the teeth marks to prove it.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about reality

I have sung to large crowds since then, and there is a feeling that once you get over 100,000 people, you kind of lose the control element, you don't know if you are really getting through or not.

Quote by Joe Cocker about nation, contentment, people

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong...

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Quote by William Penn about rightness, bad

I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but...

I don't want to save a creek for the creek's sake, but what's in it for human beings.

Quote by Jim Fowler about human imperfections

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, ...

A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature.

Quote by Guillaume Apollinaire about art, nature

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule:...

To be a successful father... there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about rules, absolute, contentment

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