Mandell Creighton quotes

Mandell Creighton quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
“I have known some quite good people who were unhappy, but never an interested person who was unhappy.”
“Money has no color. If you can build a better mousetrap, it won't matter whether you're black or white. People will buy it.”
“Mingle often with good people to keep your soul nourished.”
“And I just want to work with good directors and good people.”

Source : "Dylan O’Brien Exclusive Interview TEEN WOLF". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 8, 2011.
“Evil grows when good people do and say nothing.”

Source : Dorothy Koomson (2007). “Marshmallows for breakfast”
“Good people suddenly don't turn bad.”
“He tried the luxury of doing good.”
“I found me a place where I can do good without doing any harm, and I can see I'm doing good, and them I'm doing good for know I'm doing it, and they love me, Unk, as best they can. I found me a home.”
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”

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