Civilitee Quotes & Sayings

In the end indignation over kitsch is anger at tis shameless revelling in the joy of imitation. — Theodor Adorno

Maybe a mother wasn't what she seemed to be on the surface. — Jodi Picoult

Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it. — Aldous Huxley

Beauty, unlike the rest of the gifts handed out at birth, does not require dedication, patience and hard work to pay off. But it's also the only gift that does not keep on giving. — Paulina Porizkova

Saying 'I don't know' is one of the most powerful things you can say because it creates the potential to find out. — Kyle Schmalenberg

I'm going to walk away and I'm going to forget about you, Aly. And you're going to do the same. — A.L. Jackson

Already the scent of victory is in the air. — Wesley Clark

It was clearly the Native American curse on the white man in action. After taking their land and converting everything that was holy and good into money, the white man became aged and foolish and then gambled all that money away at Native American casinos. The power of this magic was indisputable and in evidence all around me. Senior citizens chain smoked and dumped money into the machines, staring with eyes that only reacted to the prospect of making a buck from risk and self-destruction. Especially if this were enhanced by the notion of a fate that had their interests in mind in a way loosely connected to their Christian God who usually took their side in racial relations, if history were to be a judge. — Carl-John X. Veraja

In the biblical worldview, the purpose of all creation is to benefit man. This anthropocentric view of nature, and indeed of the whole universe, is completely at odds with the current secular idealization of nature. This secular view posits that nature has its own intrinsic meaning and purpose, independent of man. — Dennis Prager

FOR MOST OF MY LIFE I couldn't have found Idaho on a map. I had no picture of the place in my mind, nothing like a California beach or a Texas oil field. Potato trees, is what I thought on the drive out. Rows — Shawn Vestal

I was known around the college for jamming in the lounge. — Bernie Worrell