“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”
― "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ
― "Billy" Sunday, the man and his message: with his own words which have won thousands for Christ
“Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.”
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“I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed.”
― Up from Slavery
― Up from Slavery
“A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife annual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes towards the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife annual and tosses it over his shoulder.
"I'm a panda," he says, at the door. "Look it up."
The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.
Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves.”
― Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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