Cxxii Quotes

#1. The only reasonable thing was to accept the good of men and be patient with their faults. The words of the dying God crossed his memory: Forgive them, for they know not what they do. CXXII

W. Somerset Maugham

#2. I play a huge variety of roles.

Casper Van Dien

#3. Nobody ever got ready by waiting. You only get ready by starting.

John C. Maxwell

#4. I think being successful in comedy is being funny and making jokes - anything beyond that is the icing on the cake.

Jimmy Carr

#5. To be more aware, we need only listen for and let go of the thoughts which steal our attention.

Guy Finley

#6. It's always questionable to intervene decisively in strange circumstances.

Franz Kafka

#7. The end of a novel, like the end of children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plum

Anthony Trollope

#8. In reality, we've had more spending, more bureaucracy, more waste and higher costs but without necessary reform nor rising productivity.

Andrew Lansley

#9. Everyday, we have to ask God for our assignment, we must not assume we understand His plan but rather surrender to His will daily.

E'yen A. Gardner

#10. Congo, my country, has the largest forest in Africa, maybe the second-largest in the world. I was born in a forest area, and when I was growing up, I assisted my uncle, who was a poacher. That was good, because it grew my passion for protecting the forest and plants.

Corneille Ewango

#11. If evil is empathy erosion, and empathy erosion is a form of illness, then evil turns out to be nothing more than a particularly awful psychological disorder.

Paul Bloom

#12. Lyndon Johnson (with Abraham Lincoln close behind). Johnson was able to get things done, to read other people, and to adjust his own approach accordingly. One of the reasons he has so fascinated biographer Robert Caro over the years is Johnson's consummate skill in acquiring and using influence.

Jeffrey Pfeffer

#13. In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world.

Nicholas D. Kristof

#14. To spend a life in dreams, that sounded too lovely.

Gillian Flynn