quotes about Back Roads

“If you desire to find the true spirit of Christmas and partake of the sweetness of it, let me make this suggestion to you. During the hurry of the festive occasion of this Christmas season, find time to turn your heart to God. Perhaps in the quiet hours, and in a quiet place, and on your knees-alone or with loved ones-give thanks for the good things that have come to you, and ask that His Spirit might dwell in you as you earnestly strive to serve Him and keep His commandments. He will take you by the hand and His promises will be kept.”

“I’m not afraid of dying. Pieces of me die all the time.”

“A normal adolescent is so restless and twitchy and awkward that he can mange to injure his knee--not playing soccer, not playing football--but by falling off his chair in the middle of French class.”

“When I did sports cartoons, I used to uh, go to fights.”

“The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.”

Source : Tibor Fischer (1997). “The Thought Gang”, p.98, Simon and Schuster

“I do think one should have clean feet.”

“But a risk-free life wasn't much of a life, really, and if she was going to change, she might as well start now.”

“I try to keep an open mind but I'm so tired of the mediocrity.”

“The Costa Rica experience shows that with dedicated resources, creative institutions, and a sound legal framework, deforestation can be reversed and forest cover expanded.”

“This President has made, I regret to say, a colossal error of judgment. and judgment is what we look for in the president of the President of the United States of America.”