Bilgesnipes Quotes & Sayings

The movement is contagious, and the people in it are the ones who pass on the spirit. — Yuri Kochiyama

18. A sovereign cannot raise an army because he is enraged, nor can a general fight because he is resentful. For while an angered man may again be happy, and resentful man again be pleased, a state that has perished cannot be restored, nor can the dead be brought back to life. 19. Therefore, the enlightened ruler is prudent and the good general is warned against rash action. Thus, the state is kept secure and the army preserved. — Sun Tzu

They therefore never knew how to evaluate antisemitism, or rather never recognized the moment when social discrimination changed into a political argument. For more than a hundred years, antisemitism had slowly and gradually made its way into almost all social strata in almost all European countries until it emerged suddenly as the one issue upon which an almost unified opinion could be achieved. — Hannah Arendt

Scotland has chosen to remain in partnership with our neighbours in the U.K. But Scotland is distinct, and colleagues must recognise that. — Johann Lamont

The potential audience seems to be dwindling in the states. I was kind of embarrassed for the band because of the size of the audience. — Brian May

Donald Trump says that he will not run for president. You know why? He can't find his birth certificate. — Jay Leno

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure. — George Gordon Byron

I flutter all ways, and fly in none. — George Eliot

If more women want to be a part of the computer industry today, they have to do more to put themselves there. Nobody is keeping them out. — Roberta Williams