Barchart Opinion Quotes & Sayings

Morality makes stupid.- Custom represents the experiences of men of earlier times as to what they supposed useful and harmful - but the sense for custom (morality) applies, not to these experiences as such, but to the age, the sanctity, the indiscussability of the custom. And so this feeling is a hindrance to the acquisition of new experiences and the correction of customs: that is to say, morality is a hindrance to the development of new and better customs: it makes stupid. — Friedrich Nietzsche

I would rather fight with my hands than my tongue. — Dolley Madison

All gods are one God, and all goddesses are one Goddess, and there is one Initiator. — Dion Fortune

According to some reports coming out of Washington today, President Obama said Kanye West is a 'jackass.' Not since 'yes, we can' has Obama found a slogan so many Americans can get behind. — Conan O'Brien

Words are everything to me. Words can build you up and feel so good. On the flip side, words can absolutely demolish you. — Taylor Swift

Mortmain is an old French word that should be tattooed on the inside of any historical novelist's skull. This wonderful and terrible word means "dead hand." Its definition is: "The influence of the past regarded as controlling the present." (It is also used as a legal term with the same basic meaning. — James Alexander Thom

It's okay, when we as women are in a serving role. But it's not okay, it appears, still, when we have full access to power. — Joan Kirner

If I see but one smile on your lips when we meet, occasioned by this or any other exertion of mine, I shall need no other happiness. — Mary Shelley

I realised something important: whatever is on the outside can be taken away at any time. Only what is inside you is safe. — Jeanette Winterson

The pain of powerlessness is excruciating. It is the most painful experience in the earth school, and everyone shares it. — Gary Zukav

Parker: She believed, absolutely, that each person, each heart, had a counterpart - had a mate. A rightness. She'd always believed it, and understood that unshakable belief was a reason she was good at what she did. — Nora Roberts

I've always liked the format of YouTube, sharing things for free, which is a nice exchange between people. — Bo Burnham

Fear helps a man pick his fights. You're fighting them all, my prince. — Mark Lawrence