Ately Marks Quotes & Sayings

The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right. You can't all be correct. And what if all of you are wrong? It's a possibility, you know. You must care about the truth, right? Well, the way to winnow through all the differing contentions is to be skeptical. I'm not any more skeptical about your religious beliefs than I am about every new scientific idea I hear about. But in my line of work, they're called hypotheses, not inspiration and not revelation. — Carl Sagan

You carry Mother Earth within you. She is not outside of you. Mother Earth is not just your environment. In that insight of inter-being, it is possible to have real communication with the Earth, which is the highest form of prayer. — Thich Nhat Hanh

We are humanity, Kant says. Humanity needs us because we are it. Kant believes in duty and considers remaining alive a primary human duty. For him one is not permitted to "renounce his personality," and while he states living as a duty, it also conveys a kind of freedom: we are not burdened with the obligation of judging whether our personality is worth maintaining, whether our life is worth living. Because living it is a duty, we are performing a good moral act just by persevering. — Jennifer Michael Hecht

There's nothing like gunfire to drive the glamour from words. — Kyril Bonfiglioli

Everybody has a wicked side, whether they are six or sixty, and yet so often storytelling draws a sharp line between good and evil. — Christopher Meledandri

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. — Benjamin Disraeli

He is terribly bright; he is handsome; he is charming; and you have spoiled him horribly. In other words, he has all the makings of a true monster. — Brent Weeks

We truly can reconfigure how we see ourselves and reclaim the love for ourselves that we're innately capable of. — Sharon Salzberg

Truly living required risk. — Gena Showalter

When I was a kid, award shows were super-interesting for me. But when I started making music, it was kind of hard to watch because I believed in what I was doing and yet knew I didn't really have a shot. — Wesley Schultz