Braddison Quotes & Sayings

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold War we grew used to it. — Larry Niven

What we may view as bad or dark experiences will often be what makes us who we were always meant to be. — Beem Weeks

When poems stop talking about the moon and begin to mention poverty, trade unions, color, color lines and colonies, somebody tells the police. — Langston Hughes

We do not need ACTS but Action. — Narendra Modi

Life is unpredictable," I said, "and we are not always the people we think we are. If we're unlucky, that's when we discover it. When something like that happens, you have two choices." Or, more than two, but distilled, they came down to two. "You can admit the error and resolve never to repeat it, or you can refuse to admit error and throw every effort behind insisting you were right to do what you did, and would gladly do it again. — Ann Leckie

There's room for boys' and girls' football in the world-that's what I believe. — David Beckham

Humility means accepting reality with no attempt to outsmart it. — David Richo

One day, the Devil decided to go out of business. His tools, therefore, being for sale, were put on display; and Malice, Jealousy, and Pride were soon recognized by most of his prospective customers. There was one worn, tiny wedge-shaped tool bearing the highest price, however, which seemed difficult to identify. "What is that?" someone asked. "I can't quite place it." "Oh that!" Satan answered. "That is Discouragement. It is my most valuable tool. With it I can open many hearts, since so few people know that it belongs to me." — James Keller

If race or class war divides us into hostile camps, changing political argument into blind hate, one side or the other may overturn the hustings with the rule of the sword. If our economy of freedom fails to distribute wealth as ably as it has created it, the road to dictatorship will be open to any man who can persuasively promise security to all; and a martial government, under whatever charming phrases, will engulf the democratic world. — Will Durant

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses. — George Bernard Shaw

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line. — Dean Kamen

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. — Epicurus

If you strip away all the trappings of personality and lifestyle, what are the core components that make me me? — Blake Crouch

If I leave all for thee, wilt thou exchange
And be all to me? — Elizabeth Barrett Browning