Afirma Quotes & Sayings

Humanity learns true lessons only in cataclysm. — Daniel H. Wilson

As it often did when I thought about chicken wings and entropy, my mind turned to Emerson. "Life is a journey, not a destination." Now that was one stone-cold motherfucker who was not afraid to deliver the truth: After the torments of the journey, you have been well-prepared for the agonies of the destination. — Colson Whitehead

When somebody meets me in the street, they say, 'Hello, how you doing?' And I say the same back. It's just two minutes of your time and it's alright. I don't like people taking liberties when I'm with my family, but mostly people are really polite and that's lovely. — Ray Winstone

Each one of us is serious individually, but together we become frivolous. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Perfect servants would be the worst of all for certain masters, whose happiness consists in finding fault with them. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

A decade of cutting away dead flesh, cauterizing old scars ripped open over and over and still it is not enough. — Adrienne Rich

Northern whites were more than happy at the prospect of Black people fighting in the war. A popular verse published in the newspapers of the day reflected the sentiment of many Northerners: Some say it is a burnin' shame To make the naygurs fight An' that the trade o' bein' kilt Belongs but to the white; But as for me upon me sowl, So liberal are we here, I'll let Sambo be murthered in place o' meself On every day in the year. — Assata Shakur

What would dawn have been like, had you awakened? It would have sung through your bones. All I can do this morning is let it sing through mine. — Diane Ackerman

At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment. — Dalai Lama

I'm not really into musicals. — Christian Bale

1 Early February 2011 Ira — Nicholas Sparks