Once people stop making excuses, stop blaming others, and take ownership of everything in their lives, they are compelled to take action to solve their problems.
“What you’re selling, Zig explained, is not the product. It’s a lifestyle. A philosophy. A dream. The product is irrelevant. Zig’s stock phrase (‘You can get everything you wish for out of life when you first help other people with what they wish for’) became Igor’s stock phrase too.”
― The Missing Cryptoqueen
― The Missing Cryptoqueen
“Funerals are unhappy and pagan? Eliminate them, too. Five minutes after a person is dead he's on his way to the Big Flue, the Incinerators serviced by helicopters all over the country. Ten minutes after death a man's a speck of black dust. Let's not quibble over individuals with memoriams. Forget them. Burn them all, burn everything. Fire is bright and fire is clean.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“It’s a good reminder that sometimes the best decision we make is to trust those already equipped to see the big picture.”
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
“My parents taught us that wealth or position can be taken away, but no one can take the knowledge in your head.”
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
― Call Me an American: Refugee to Patriot: Lessons Learned for a Strong America
“The girl? She was a time bomb. The family had been feeding her subconscious, I'm sure, from what I saw of her school record. She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing. You ask Why to a lot of things and you wind up very unhappy indeed, if you keep at it. The poor girl's better off dead.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
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