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Peter De Vries3 quotes
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. — Peter De Vries · 1958The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. — Peter De Vries · 1954Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. — Peter De Vries · 1956Saul Bellow3 quotes
Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm... An arrest of attention in the midst of distraction. — Saul Bellow · 1967The body, she says, is subject to the forces of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure. — Saul Bellow · 1984New York makes one think of the collapse of civilization, about Sodom and Gomorrah, the end of the world. The end wouldn't come as a surprise here. Many people already bank on it. — Saul Bellow · 1970Claes Oldenburg2 quotes
I am for an art that tells you the time of day, or where such and such a street is. I am for an art that helps old ladies across the street. — Claes Oldenburg · 1961The erotic or the sexual is the root of "art"; its first impulse. — Claes OldenburgFranklin P. Adams2 quotes
Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age. It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up the net. — Franklin P. Adams · 1944Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. — Franklin P. Adams · 1944George Jackson2 quotes
Patience has its limits. Take it too far and it's cowardice. — George Jackson · 1965Being born a slave in a captive society and never experiencing any objective basis for expectation had the effect of preparing me for the progressively traumatic misfortunes that lead so many black men to the prison gate. I was prepared for prison. It required only minor psychic adjustments. — George Jackson · 1970Lorraine Hansberry2 quotes
Eventually it comes to you: the thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. — Lorraine Hansberry · 1962Though it be a thrilling and marvelous thing to be merely young and gifted in such times, it is doubly so, doubly dynamic-to be young, gifted and black. — Lorraine Hansberry · 1964Amy Krouse Rosenthal1 quote
For anyone trying to discern what to do with their life: pay attention to what you pay attention to. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal · 2013George Gaylord Simpson1 quote
Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. — George Gaylord Simpson · 1949Gwendolyn Brooks1 quote
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold it will not come
Again in this identical disguise. — Gwendolyn Brooks · 1949John Paul Stevens1 quote
Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year's Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation's confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law. — John Paul Stevens · 2000Michelle Obama1 quote
Don't ever make decisions based on fear. Make decisions based on hope and possibility. Make decisions based on what should happen, not what shouldn't. — Michelle Obama · 2008Nelson Algren1 quote
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. — Nelson Algren · 1956Orson Welles1 quote
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. — Orson Welles · 1985Rahm Emanuel1 quote
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. — Rahm Emanuel · 2008Rob Watson1 quote
Mother Nature always bats last and she always bats 1000. — Rob Watson · 2010Robert Ardrey1 quote
Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. — Robert Ardrey · 1961Sam Cooke1 quote
I was born by the river
In a little tent
And just like the river
I've been runnin' ever since
It's been a long, a long time comin'
But I know a change gon' come. — Sam Cooke · 1964Saul Alinsky1 quote
History is a relay of revolutions. — Saul Alinsky · 1971Shel Silverstein1 quote
Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child,
Listen to the DON’TS
Listen to the SHOULDN’TS
The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S
Listen to the NEVER HAVES
Then listen close to me-
Anything can happen, child,
ANYTHING can be. — Shel Silverstein · 1974Steve Allen1 quote
Tragedy plus time equals comedy. — Steve Allen · 1957Studs Terkel1 quote
Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. — Studs Terkel · 2003The Five Stairsteps1 quote
Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things'll get brighter. — The Five Stairsteps · 1970Theodore Roszak1 quote
The technocratic imperative: "What can be done must be done." — Theodore Roszak · 1969Vera Caspary1 quote
If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed... There would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind. — Vera Caspary · 1943Warren Zevon1 quote
Send lawyers, guns, and money
The shit has hit the fan. — Warren Zevon · 1978