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Politics4 quotes
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. — Rahm Emanuel · 2008Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. — Studs Terkel · 2003Although 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 · 2000Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. — Franklin P. Adams · 1944Art3 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 · 1961Art 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 erotic or the sexual is the root of "art"; its first impulse. — Claes OldenburgAmerican politics2 quotes
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. — Rahm Emanuel · 2008Although 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 · 2000Black experience2 quotes
Being 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 · 1970Though 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 · 1964Evolution2 quotes
Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. — Robert Ardrey · 1961Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. — George Gaylord Simpson · 1949Hope2 quotes
Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. — Studs Terkel · 2003Don'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 · 2008Human origins2 quotes
Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. — Robert Ardrey · 1961Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. — George Gaylord Simpson · 1949Political progress2 quotes
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 · 1964Hope has never trickled down. It has always sprung up. — Studs Terkel · 2003Social progress2 quotes
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 · 1964Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh child, things'll get brighter. — The Five Stairsteps · 19702000 Presidential election1 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 · 20002008 Financial Crisis1 quote
You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. — Rahm Emanuel · 2008Aging1 quote
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 · 1944Body and soul1 quote
The body, she says, is subject to the forces of gravity. But the soul is ruled by levity, pure. — Saul Bellow · 1984Can vs. should1 quote
The technocratic imperative: "What can be done must be done." — Theodore Roszak · 1969Career1 quote
For anyone trying to discern what to do with their life: pay attention to what you pay attention to. — Amy Krouse Rosenthal · 2013Civil rights1 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 · 1964Comedy1 quote
Tragedy plus time equals comedy. — Steve Allen · 1957Coping mechanisms1 quote
Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. — Peter De Vries · 1956Decisions and choices1 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 · 2008Decline of New York City1 quote
New 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 · 1970Disaster1 quote
Send lawyers, guns, and money
The shit has hit the fan. — Warren Zevon · 1978Dreams1 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 · 1943Eff the haters1 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 · 1974Elections1 quote
Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody. — Franklin P. Adams · 1944Environmental destruction1 quote
Mother Nature always bats last and she always bats 1000. — Rob Watson · 2010Existence of God1 quote
It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us. — Peter De Vries · 1958Fear1 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 · 2008Fighting injustice1 quote
Patience has its limits. Take it too far and it's cowardice. — George Jackson · 1965Flying1 quote
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. — Orson Welles · 1985Food1 quote
Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us. — Peter De Vries · 1956