Armchair Activism Quotes & Sayings

Being rule governed, I operate in a world filled with imaginary restraints. — Sue Grafton

The more we have known of the really good things, the more insipid the thin lemonade of later literature becomes, sometimes almost to the point of making us sick. Do you know a work of literature written in the last, say, fifteen years that you think has any lasting quality? I don't. It is partly idle chatter, partly propaganda, partly self-pitying sentimentality, but there is no insight, no ideas, no clarity, no substance and almost always the language is bad and constrained. On this subject I am quite consciously a laudator temporis acti. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Productivity, put simply, is the name we give our attempts to figure out the best uses of our energy, intellect, and time as we try to seize the most meaningful rewards with the least wasted effort. It's a process of learning how to succeed with less stress and struggle. It — Charles Duhigg

I think my game measures up pretty well to myself. — Richard Sherman

If the risk is fully aligned with your purpose and mission, then it's worth considering. — Peter Diamandis

I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth. It is one of His sketches that has turned out badly. — Vincent Van Gogh

Again! It was like the question asked by Tennyson about the flower in the crannied wall. That is, to answer it might involve the history of the universe. — Saul Bellow

Love never doubts or suffers or cries. Love shows no fear, love tells no lies. — Neil Diamond