Irony can elude the genius among us, sometimes.
BERKELEY BREATHEDPrivacy is absolutely essential to maintaining a free society. The idea that is at the foundation of the notion of privacy is that the citizen is not the tool or instrument of government – but the reverse… If you have no privacy, it will tend to follow that you have no political freedom.
More Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. Quotes
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
AL SHARPTON -
I suppose I am proud of what has gone on, after all I only ever wanted to play the guitar for a living, and that is what I am still doing.
BERNIE MARSDEN -
Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.
WILLIAM BLAKE -
Doctrine tied itself into infinite knots over the realities of sex.
BARBARA TUCHMAN -
I will give Mr. Freeland the credit of being the best master I ever had, till I became my own master.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS -
Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don’t just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn’t have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward.
CHRIS GARDNER -
War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI -
Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
HEBA NAZAR -
They (low-minded) ones should never be trusted.
CHANAKYA -
You are my girlfriend,” whispered Matthew. ” You’re my girl and I’m your guy, and you’re my girl and I’m your guy. Let’s not fight.” -pg 126
E. LOCKHART -
There are so many pieces of souls flying above us and obscuring the sky that the sunrays can barely reach the Earth.
NIKOL MEJDN -
I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think.
RUMI -
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
JANE GOODALL -
If everybody is happy, then something is wrong with the democratic process.
ABDULLAH II -
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
MARQUIS DE SADE