Goldthorpe Quotes & Sayings

In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not. — Antoine Rivarol

I treat them the way I want to be treated - based on their individual merits as human beings, not on their skin tone. — Jodi Picoult

My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as an opening fast bowler - to me he was a gorgeously heroic man. He helped form a union and closed down the Barnsley seam because it was seeping gas, and saved many, many lives. — Brian Blessed

If shadows were caused by the interplay between light and Life, a child's was still forming. An adult's was inextricably bound to his body, but a child had a tenuous relationship to his own permanence, and thus, his own shadow. — Anne Ursu

A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed,
cut holes in it, and called it a human being.
Since then, it's been wailing a tender agony
of parting, never mentioning the skill
that gave it life as a flute — Rumi

The American dream is, in part, responsible for a great deal of crime and violence because people feel that the country owes them not only a living but a good living. — David Abrahamsen

I truly haven't. You've messed up my mojo. — Beckie Stevenson

The best way to get a new or better job is simply to commit to being the best at the one you have now. — Andre Marron