Modestyandmorality Quotes & Sayings

Could it be that Americans are a restless people, a mobile people, never satisfied with where they are as a matter of selection? The pioneers, the immigrants who peopled the continent, were the restless ones in Europe. The steady rooted ones stayed home and are still there. But every one of us ... are descended from the restless ones, the wayward ones who were not content to stay at home. Wouldn't it be unusual if we had not inherited this tendency? And the fact is that we have. — John Steinbeck

If I am going to trash others for their dumb predictions, I must at least hold myself to the same sort of accountability. — Barry Ritholtz

The local Cairo clergy offered to issue a fatwa recognizing Napoleon as the legitimate ruler of Egypt - provided the entire French army formally convert to Islam. Napoleon actually considered the offer, but when it became clear that the muftis' demand included mass adult circumcision and total abstinence from wine, the conversion plan was scrapped. — Tom Reiss

Cyrus wanted a woman to take care of Adam. He needed someone to keep house and cook, and a servant cost money. He was a vigorous man and needed the body of a woman, and that too cost money- unless you were married to it. Within two weeks Cyrus had wooed, wedded, bedded, and impregnated her. His neighbors did not find his action hasty. It was quite normal in that day for a man to use up three or four wives in a normal lifetime. p.19 — John Steinbeck

Great Groups need to know that the person at the top will fight like a tiger for them. — Warren G. Bennis

Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars. — Matthew Woodring Stover

We should not feel pride in our charity, austerity, valour, scriptural knowledge, modestyandmorality for the world is full of the rarest gems. — Chanakya

What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that it affects all of our military policies. — Ben Carson

Maybe Jethro, Claire, and I can live together in harmony. Maybe she can be my sister wife. Yes. That was the answer. She could have her pretty farmhouse and custody of Jethro on Sundays. I could have him the rest of the week. And if she touched him, I would claw her eyes out. Perfect. — Penny Reid

I'd been educated stupidly, I knew nothing about nothing, that's part of being shy. — Agnes Varda

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people. — Kiana Tom

I have nothing to complain about.. except maybe people wondering if a queen like me can be butch-it-up enough to play a convincing straight man. — Rupert Everett

The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here. — Kyle Chandler

Where there's you, there's always gonna be me. As long as I breathe. — Debra Anastasia