Ben Lilly Quotes & Sayings

This is not only a commandment but also a promise or reward. — Meister Eckhart

Don't spend your time on and give your heart to any guy who makes you wonder about anything
related to his feelings for you — Greg Behrendt

Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times. — Ron Paul

Piece by Piece Piece by piece They tear at you: Peeling away layers of being, Lying about who you are, Speaking for your dreams. In the squalor of their eyes You are an outlaw. Dressing you in a jacket of lies - tailor-made in steel - You fit their perfect picture. Take it off! Make your own mantle. Question the interrogators. Eyeball the death in their gaze. Say you won't succumb. Say you won't believe them When they rename you. Say you won't accept their codes, Their colors, their putrid morals. Here you have a way. Here you can sing victory. Here you are not a conquered race Perpetual victim - the sullen face in a thunderstorm. Hands/minds, they are carving out A sanctuary. Use these weapons Against them. Use your given gifts - they are not stone. — Luis J. Rodriguez

When you get a chance to step back, you notice all these great things you've done and all these great people that you've worked with. — Brandy Norwood

In my heart, I'm an Alabaman who went up north to work. — E. O. Wilson

No need to be sentimental to mourn the loss of Paradise. — Mason Cooley

Doubly happy, however, is the man to whom lofty mountain tops are within reach. — John Muir

intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face, and — George Orwell

Being a regular in a television series, for me - if I wanted to be a cop, I woulda went to cop school. If I wanted to be a doctor, I would've gone to medical school. You get trapped in your normal episodic television shows, basically doing the same thing. — Michael Hogan

There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people learn to control themselves. Through training, they quickly realize that anger is a waste of energy, that it has only negative effects on the self and others. — Kano Jigoro

The delicate balance between these factors helps explain why, for instance, the typical prostitute earns more than the typical architect. It may not seem as though she should. The architect would appear to
be more skilled (as the word is usually defined) and better educated (again, as usually defined). But little girls don't grow up dreaming of becoming prostitutes, so the supply of potential prostitutes is relatively small. Their skills, while not necessarily "specialized," are practiced in a very specialized context. The job is unpleasant and forbidding in at least two significant ways: the likelihood of violence and the lost opportunity of having a stable family life. As for demand? Let's just say that an architect is more likely to hire a prostitute than vice versa. — Levitt And Dubner

A thief never makes a noise by accident. — Megan Whalen Turner

I'm going to marry you till you puke. — Lorrie Moore