Angela Hanscom Quotes & Sayings

Since all social orders and hierarchies are imagined, they are all fragile, and the larger the society, the more fragile it is. The crucial historical role of religion has been to give superhuman legitimacy to these fragile structures. Religions assert that our laws are not the result of human caprice, but are ordained by an absolute and supreme authority. This helps place at least some fundamental laws beyond challenge, thereby ensuring social stability. — Yuval Noah Harari

Uncertainty, on the other hand, is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom. — Deepak Chopra

If only there was medicine that could make you forget memories. — Abigail Boyd

We should exterminate all rational thought. — William S. Burroughs

I would love to do more TV and do movies for the experience, but my ultimate focus is stand-up. It's the number one thing that I love most because there is nothing like being with a live audience. — Michael Che

A song can be more than words and music ... when sung with soul a song carries you to another world, to a place where no matter how much pain you feel, you are never alone. — Clay Aiken

I was torn between wanting to rush out of this moment, toward that more, and wanting to stay in it, living in a state of constant anticipation and constant safety. — Maggie Stiefvater

I lack the peace of simple things. I am never wholly in place. I find no peace or grace. We sell the world to buy fire, our way lighted by burning men ... — Wendell Berry

Even someone as photographed and aware of the camera as members of the royal family needs to feel completely comfortable if they are to look their best. — Mario Testino

I have tried ... believe me, I have tried to like rap music. It makes me feel so very, very old. I have tried to get home with the downies. — Dylan Moran

Invalidating a woman's life choices by saying things like, "Oh, but you'll regret it if you don't have kids," or, "I didn't think I wanted kids either until I had one," is like me going to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and telling the newly sober that eventually when they grow old, they'll want to take the edge off with a little gin and tonic and that if they could only just be mature enough to control themselves, they could go on a fun wine-tasting tour in the Napa Valley. — Jen Kirkman

There is no such thing as a hate crime. — Ron Paul

With flamenco I was transported into a world where everyone is beautiful, because beauty is in everything, the glorious and the ugly; because flamenco celebrates living, through the cries of pain and the cries of joy, the symmetry of a young face and the character of an old face. — Nellie Bennett

Monogamy is a tricky thing. I don't think it's for everyone, but I've chosen that life, and there's no question in my relationship. — Joanna Garcia

The days of the digitals are numbered. The metaphor is built into them like a self-destruct mechanism. — Tom Stoppard