An American Plague Jim Murphy Quotes & Sayings

I work hard to stay cynical enough! I keep my expectations of our culture and our leaders low, low, low, and I do it so I don't have to be let down. And yet again I am lowballed by the brokenness of the American cultural machine. — Vinnie Tesla

I find that respectability grows wearisome after a time, when one is accustomed to being a disgrace. — Marie Brennan

I call myself the assistant cult leader. — Charlie Munger

Self-leadership always precedes team leadership. — Michael Hyatt

Poetry as Symphony [10w]
Mind is orchestra,
words are instruments,
the poem,
a symphony. — Beryl Dov

WE MEET THE SHEEP OF DOOM — Rick Riordan

The Eleven king looked sternly upon Thorin, when he was brought before him, and asked him many questions. But Thorin would only say that he was starving.
"Why did you and your folk three times try to attack my people at their merrymaking?" asked the king.
"We did not attack them," answered Thorin, "we came to beg because we were starving."
"Where are your friends now, and what are they doing?"
"I don't know, but I expect that they're all starving in the forest."
"What were you doing in the forest?"
"Looking for food and drink, because we were starving."
"And what brought you into the forest at all?" asked the king angrily.
At that Thorin shut his mouth and would not say another word. — J.R.R. Tolkien