cool quotes

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1. A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. — Lao Tzu
2. Never, never, never quit. — Winston Churchill
3. If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. — James Michener
4. She may be the reason I survive, the why and wherefore I’m alive, the one I’ll care for through the rough and ready years. — Charles Aznavour
5. Each day is future history. So don’t step lightly. The trick is to leave tracks that can be followed. — Clive Cussler
6. It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. — Ralph Waldo Emmerson
7. If you’re always racing to the next moment, what happens to the one you’re in? — Unknown
8. Fair speech may hide a foul heart. — J.R.R. Tolkien
9. I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed. — William Shakespeare
10. I didn’t attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. — Mark Twain
11. A member of Parliament said to Disraeli: “Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.” “That depends, Sir,” said Disraeli, “whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.”
12. Great people talk about ideas. Average people talk about things. Small people talk about other people. — Unknown 
    
13. This is our home, not a restaurant. You’ll eat what is served or not at all. — Me
14. I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. — Jorge Luis Borges
15. Speak the truth even if your voice shakes. — Unknown
16. Nancy Astor: “Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.” Churchill: “If I were your husband I would take it.”
17. If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving isn’t for you. — Steven Wright
18. Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. — Abraham Lincoln
19. There is no such thing as an “aspiring writer”. You are a writer. Period. ― Matthew Reilly