2029 Century Quotes & Sayings

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

Western intellectuals are all sitting-addicts. That's why most of you are so repulsively unwholesome. — Aldous Huxley

Let me not die unremembered. — Aaron Dembski-Bowden

That was what I wanted: someone who knew me better than I knew myself, someone who knew all the worst parts of me, yet still loved me. — L.A. Fiore

He got lost in a memory for a moment, then glanced over at Gina. "What I miss most ... she always used to say good-night just before she'd drift off to sleep. I miss those words, the good-night." "Someone was there, someone to share the end of the day," Gina said softly. She understood. Bishop nodded. "Someone was there. That's why you get married, Gina. Beyond all the other details of why, it's having someone there when the days ends. It's being together and sharing life. — Dee Henderson

Our main goal as Iraqi people is to drive the occupation out in any way. — Muqtada Al Sadr

But it was too late for happy endings. I was already dead. — Aimee Carter

I have noticed a trend in premature deaths in the people that I know and the presence of streetlights outside of their homes. — Steven Magee

but, as we know, even when the silver wears away and you're left with copper, if you attend to it every day it has a gleam all its own. — Mark Helprin

When I'm writing a novel, which is what I like to write, I get up early, sit zazen, make a pot of green tea. I wear wrist cuffs to keep my wrists warm and minimize irritation from extended contact with the surface of my desk. I sit down and write. — Ruth Ozeki