In a sense, we are better prepared to praise God than the angels are, for angels have never known the joy of redemption.
DAVID JEREMIAHThe most serious problems of freedom of expression in our society today exist on our campuses. The assumption seems to be that the purpose of education is to induce correct opinion rather than to search for wisdom and to liberate the mind….
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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I want everybody to go jump in the ocean to see for themselves how beautiful it is, how important it is to get acquainted with fish swimming in the ocean, rather than just swimming with lemon slices and butter.
SYLVIA EARLE -
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
DONALD TRUMP -
I will not force a pretty smile upon my face to please eyes that no longer see me.
NICOLE LYONS -
As for us, we were scarcely four hundred strong, and we well remembered the word and warning…we had received to beware of entering the city of Mexico, since they would kill us as soon as they had us inside.
BERNAL DIAZ DEL CASTILLO -
You need Black [people] sometimes to understand things about Black culture.
RUSSELL SIMMONS -
We’ve got to do a better job with our kids. Teach good values, teach the fundamentals.
BOBBY ORR -
Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this – no dog exchanges bones with another.
ADAM SMITH -
Time passes irrevocably.
VIRGIL -
Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
BARACK OBAMA -
When the little dog snarls, the big dog does not connect the snarl with himself, simply fancying that the little dog must be uncomfortable.
ANTHONY TROLLOPE -
Horizons will not come to you; you must go to the horizons!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN -
I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.
JESSE JACKSON -
Find out what your gift is and nurture it.
KATY PERRY -
A madman’s ravings are absurd in relation to the situation in which he finds himself, but not in relation to his madness.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE -
I knew a Buddhist once, and I’ve hated myself ever since.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON -
You must be clear about what you want in your life if you are serious about unlocking the extraordinary power that lies within you.
CLAIRE VINSON -
Say what you have to say, not what you ought. Any truth is better than make-believe.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU -
A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.
ZAC EFRON -
The Internal Revenue Service is the real undefeated heavyweight champion.
GEORGE FOREMAN -
I don’t do things for the response or the controversy. I just live my life.
RIHANNA -
The strongest and sweetest songs yet remain to be sung.
WALT WHITMAN -
I don’t see the world as something divided between right and left.
INDIRA GANDHI -
Be like the moon, you don’t have to be whole to shine.
SAM GILBERT -
Vickie Lynn Hogan is my birth certificate’s name.
ANNA NICOLE SMITH -
I hate the business part of music. Music is just like the streets. There’s loyal and disloyal people, people saying one thing and then don’t do it.
SCHOOLBOY Q -
There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.
VERA WANG