Being An Upstander Quotes & Sayings

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted. — James Madison

Love is not compromising your core values for someone else's. Love brings up your Highest Self. — Cloris Kylie

I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets. — Charlize Theron

There's tremendous pressure, if you're in that [goverment] system, to be involved and be interested and to care about it. There's no room to say, "This is stupid." — Dave Barry

No one worries about genre when they're dancing. They're not asking themselves, 'Is this song a dubstep song?' — Skrillex

People only attack when they see weakness or when they think that someone is ashamed of it or embarrassed and they can't wait to stick it to 'em. — Dax Shepard

Worry is a progressive disease that ruins one's life — Sunday Adelaja

Our current tax system is broken. — Dick Armey

Believe me, when you're dealing with infectious alien mind parasites, I always find primitive is best. Then, calmly, almost as if it were a recognised form of verbal punctuation, she took aim with the needler and gutted a rat which had dared to stray into the corridor. — Alastair Reynolds

So he pointed to the unit patch on his uniform shirt and said, "U.S. . . . Air Force . . . American." The sturdy, gray-haired woman nodded and seemed relieved, understanding Musgrove. The women nodded their heads and pointed to themselves, saying, "Yugoslavian. — Gregory A. Freeman

She makes a silent vow to be a vegetarian from now on even if she has to starve to do it. Better that than even the remote possibility of eating one's friends and fellow sufferers. — Carol Emshwiller

All of creation is ever present in God. You. Me. That annoying person at your job. That waffle you ate this morning. The coffee cup you just threw away. Everything. Many of us may already think this, but the trick is not just perceiving grace in the brain, but feeling it in the heart. It's about having the experience. — Gary Jansen