Beneke Elementary Quotes & Sayings

People don't believe or understand that a community can lose hope. You can have a whole community where hopelessness is the norm, where folks don't have faith that things will get better because history and circumstances have proven over 30, 40, or 50 years that things don't get better. — Geoffrey Canada

Many religious people are deeply suspicious. They seem, for purely religious purposes, of course, to know more about iniquity than the unregenerate. — Rudyard Kipling

Realize I'm done, so I close my mouth and stand there waiting for the paramedics, or whoever comes with the straightjacket. — Jandy Nelson

The same creative force that generated the universe created your body. It is vibrating with intelligence and spirit. It is ultimately sacred and worthy of your love, respect and intention. Take good care of it and nourish it with the most healing, life-sustaining foods, experiences, and sensory impressions. — David Simon

I didn't want my next U.S. senator to be someone who was going to go up there and do the same stuff people have been doing. But I guess our argument is it's okay to be angry and upset at Washington. — Marco Rubio

We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting. — P. J. O'Rourke

We as the Church need to express wherever appropriate and wherever possible our stance against the death penalty. We need to talk about it. A lot of people don't feel comfortable in doing this but I think we need to, as the Pope says, preach the whole gospel of life. — Gabino Zavala

It is easy to answer the ultimate questions - it saves you bothering with the immediate ones. — John Osborne

The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life. — Robert B. Laughlin

The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the single most valuable investment a writer can make with his time. — Raymond Chandler