2nd Grade Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

A cultured society that has fallen away from its religious traditions expects more from art than the aesthetic consciousness and the 'standpoint of art' can deliver. The Romantic desire for a new mythology ... gives the artist and his task in the world the consciousness of a new consecration. He is something like a 'secular saviour' for his creations are expected to achieve on a small scale the propitiation of disaster for which an unsaved world hopes. — Hans-Georg Gadamer

What is the nature of human beings? When someone does something wrong to them, they will go after him [to punish, to fight]. — Dada Bhagwan

That women were more spiritual, more sacred than men. I still believe that about women. Is that, too, comical? — Kurt Vonnegut

Business owners have made a strong case to me that they need guest workers. But none has suggested that these workers should be placed on a path to citizenship. — John Shadegg

Cruelty is not the only way fathers can ruin their sons. Expectations can do the same damage. — Sarah MacLean

Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy. — Thurgood Marshall

Playing a bad guy would be fun, I'm not going to lie. I'd definitely do that in a heartbeat, because it's so out of my nature. — Michael B. Jordan

All science would be superfluous if the outward appearance and the essence of things directly coincided. — Karl Marx

No sooner had he finished with a case than another two or three appeared in its place. What was the name of that creature? The Hydra, was it? That was what he was fighting. Every time he cut off a head, more popped into his in-tray. Coming back from a holiday was a nightmare. And now they were giving him rocks to push up hills as well. — Ian Rankin

I'm on a health kick! I'm drawn to cheeseburgers, so I've got to just try and keep it on an even keel. — Emily Blunt

I think because Skype is becoming so much more prevalent, and you're looking at someone else on a screen, it's going to work its way into movies and TV shows in all different ways, which I think is really cool. — Jason Blum