Assalamualaikum Calon Quotes & Sayings

When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose to endure the same sacrifices as your fellow comrades in arms to preserve the freedom of a land that was not yet fully yours. You accepted that you might have to pay the ultimate price on behalf of a nation to which you did not fully belong. Now, you will officially become citizens of the United States, a country to which each of you has already borne true faith and allegiance in your hearts and your deeds. — David Petraeus

I first got involved in theater in 1968, at the height of a social tumult. I was a poet. — August Wilson

Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — Jean De La Bruyere

I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough. — M.C. Escher

To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain. — William Gilmore Simms

How pleasant a world would be in which no man was allowed to operate on the Stock Exchange unless he could pass and examination in economics and Greek poetry, and in which politicians were obliged to have a competent knowledge of history and modern novels. — Bertrand Russell

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing. — Adrian Grenier

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society. — Charles Lamb

I think the problem with the word 'happiness' is that it sounds fluffy. It sounds like something trivial that we shouldn't be concerned with. — Daniel Goldstein

I want to court your son." "What does that mean?" she asked. "It means I want to provide for him to prove my worth," Joe said. "And then, once he agrees to be mine, I'll mount him and then bite him and everyone will see that we belong to each other." I — T.J. Klune

I read hungrily and delightedly, and have realized since that you can't write unless you read. — William Trevor

Will Fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest terms? — William Shakespeare

I didn't think I had anything to give you, that I'd lost you to this city. But I have me, Rachel, I can give you me. — Faleena Hopkins

Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space. — Bodhidharma