Arboreal Animals Quotes & Sayings

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. — Edmund Burke

At its core, a fair and just society is one where opportunity is open to all - not just those at the top. — Rupert Murdoch

Life in its essence is a mere manifestation of an unwritten perpetual contract with eternity. — Moutasem Algharati

I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined, that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the play thing of one small corner of the world — Sukarno

Look in the mirror. Half close your eyes. Pretend you are an old lady and ask yourself if you had the chance again to have sex with a stranger would you take it? — Chloe Thurlow

Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man gainst his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American — Tench Coxe

How can what is not only dead and gone, but remote and sometimes alien, have any practical bearing on today's world? The answer is that, paradoxically, the value of the past lies precisely in what is different from our world. By giving us another vantage point, it enables us to look at our own circumstances with sharper vision, alert to the possibility that they might have been different, and that they will probably turn out differently in the future. — John Tosh

We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul. — Conor Oberst

God can turn your biggest flaws into your biggest cause. — Mandy Hale

Do jungle animals understand the true nature of the trees among which they have their daily being? In the parent-forest, amid those mighty trunks, we shelter and play; but whether the trees are healthy or corroded, whether they harbour demons or good spirites, we cannot say. Nor do we know the greatest secret of all: that one day we, too, will become as arboreal as they. And the trees, whose leaves we eat, whose bark we gnaw, remember sadly that they were animals once, they climbed like squirrels and bounded like deer, until one day they paused, and their legs grew down into the earth and stuck there, spreading, and vegetation sprouted from their swaying heads. They remember this as a fact; but the lived reality of their fauna years, the how-it-felt of that chaotic freedom is beyond recapture. They remember it as a rustle in their leaves. — Salman Rushdie

Only a passion for God's glory can overpower our self-interest. Submission is simply being empty of self, and this is the key to enduring relationships. — Susan Hunt

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven. — Henry Fielding

Then there were things
epic, terrible things
that he didn't tell her but skirted around, like caressing the edges of a wound, hesitant, testing for pain. — Laini Taylor

I immediately suspected there was much more to it than was being said. — David Levithan

In general, I do not agree with spying against one's country. — Melita Norwood

I understood that fate could not be eluded forever; it came on leathery wings, swooping through the darkness like the bats in the orchards. — Alice Hoffman