Atraentes Quotes & Sayings

When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. — Dan Quayle

Where Snah [Hans Magnus Ryan] is a melody and texture man, I am more of a riff, rhythm and concept guy. I am much better than him in certain fields, and he surely wipes the floor with me in others, and we both know it's like that. — Bent Saether

Do all the other things, of course, the ambitious things - travel, get rich, get famous, innovate, lead, fall in love, make and lose fortunes, swim naked in wild jungle rivers (after first having them tested for monkey poop) - but as you do, to the extent that you can, err in the direction of kindness. Do those things that incline you towards the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial. That luminous part of you that exists beyond personality - your soul, if you will - is as bright and shining as any that has ever been. Bright as Shakespeare's, bright as Gandhi's, bright as Mother Teresa's. Clear away everything that keeps you separate from this secret, luminous place. Believe that it exists, come to know it better, nurture it, share its fruits timelessly. — George Saunders

Magnificent God.
Mighty God.
Merciful God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I hate talking about football. I just do it, you know? — Robbie Fowler

I've seen a big shift, especially in my classroom, with women standing up and demanding respect. That's in every woman, whether 16, 26, 56. — P.C. Cast

Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which above all things should be avoided, and in many instances would compel men to a mode of Worship which they do not profess. — George Washington

It's our mortality that terrifies us, because what we're really seeking is immortality - that is, after all, a fool's errand. — Roger Caras

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. — Aristotle.

Considering our history, I can think of nothing more American than an immigrant. — Conor Oberst

Either his family doesn't like to come together, or he wasn't originally Dauntless. Which faction could he have come from? — Veronica Roth