1781 Revolutionary Quotes & Sayings

It is in the imperceptible space between that which touches and that which is touched that one body can be felt, no matter how closely, to be different from another. — Daniel Heller-Roazen

When the Revolutionary War ended in 1781, not everyone was celebrating. It is estimated that between 15 and 20 percent of the population back then were loyal to the British Crown and thus were not so thrilled when Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown. — Rachel Martin

I love telling stories, telling jokes, making people laugh. I've got no plans to stop doing it. — David Alan Basche

No matter how broken we may seem to be, we are never too shattered to put our peace back together. — Alexandra Elle

You don't have to do that," I said, staring down at my hands.
He turned his head to me. "Do what?"
I rubbed the sweat from my palms off on my jeans. "Stick around. You can leave if you want. I'm not expecting you to stay and babysit me."
"Hey," he nudged me with his shoulder, drawing my gaze to his. "I'm staying. You won't get rid of me that easily."
Despite the tremors of relief coursing through me, I didn't relax. "The offer stands. Any time you want to go just ... go."
"Well, I don't want the offer, because I'm not going anywhere, not unless you're coming with me."
"Why?" It took a second to realize that the barely whispered word had come from me.
He reached for my hand. His long, warm fingers laced through mine, and that was all the answer I needed. — Airicka Phoenix

I felt like I wasn't doing justice to either side of my life. It wasn't pronounced. Publicity is an awkward thing to do. It is awkward to call people up all the time and ask them for things on a very basic level. — Sloane Crosley

Lucidity of speech is unquestionably one of the surest tests of mental precision ... In my experience a confused talker is never a clear thinker. — David Lloyd George

I was once an employee myself, so I know what employees want. — Li Ka-shing

In some ways the experience of these young men paralleled the experience of the very old. They looked back on intense memories and felt lonely because there was nobody left alive who'd been there. — Pat Barker

The racism, the sexism, I never let it be my problem. It's their problem. If I see a door comin' my way, I'm knockin' it down. And if I can't knock down the door, I'm sliding through the window. I'll never let it stop me from what I wanna do. — Rosie Perez

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well. — Lindsay Lohan

What was so special about the Mac, we all know, was the graphical computer interface. — Megan Smith

To write for posterity* is not to worry whether they will read us tomorrow.
It is to aspire to a certain quality of writing.
Even when no one reads us.

*Posterity is not the whole of future generations. It is a small group of men with taste, a proper upbringing, and erudition, in each generation. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

I'm such a theater geek. — Kiernan Shipka

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity. — Novalis

Passion is born when your heart gets carried away with a purpose greater than yourself. — Roy Spence