Civilsed Quotes & Sayings

Galvanised into action by the second trial, I was determined to change Britain's archaic sex laws. — Cynthia Payne

In my lifetime I have broken every law that was ever made by both man and God", he said, "If either had made any more, I should very cheerfully have broken them also. — Carl Panzram

War kills people; war kills animals; war kills plants; war kills buildings; war kills even shadows, because it annihilates the owner of the shadow! War is the psychopathy of the psychopaths! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I couldn't go anywhere unless there was a security guard with me. That spoiled my life. It was like being in captivity. Those days are gone, and I don't ever want to see that happen to me again. Now I can wander around the streets of Los Angeles on my own. I like it that way. — Christine McVie

I love the interrelatedness of things. — Terry Tempest Williams

Where the senses fail us, reason must step in. — Galileo Galilei

I thought I was God's gift to mankind and the greatest Irishman since George Best. — James Nesbitt

...as long as I felt I had to take some action, I was anguished, and when I gave up all responsibility and stopped trying to do anything at all, I was relatively at peace, even though the earth meanwhile was circling so far below us and we were so high up in a defective airplane that would have trouble landing. — Lydia Davis

How can one call that a defeat? There is no such thing. — Walter Russell

Sometimes I wonder if I'm as famous for my wheelchair and disabilities as I am for my discoveries. — Stephen Hawking

Was so much more than she'd ever expected for herself, but she was finding that nothing less would satisfy her. For the rest of her life, every man she came into contact with would be judged against Tristan. No one could meet his standard. I made love to this man, she thought, awed, drawing in his scent that still clung to her skin. Several times. Peace fluttered inside her, a feeling she'd thought she possessed before - a sort of satisfaction with her life, an acceptance. She'd deceived herself, convinced herself that her life was fine the way it was. Now she knew the truth. True satisfaction was only found in Tristan's arms. With him, she felt alive, whole. Desired. — Gena Showalter

I am only capable of what I allow myself to believe I can do. — Erin Willett

Insurrection is the last remedy, especially when the people have acquired the belief that peaceful means to secure the remedies for evils prove futile. — Marcelo H. Del Pilar

Adventures, I reflected, are all very fine but a certain amount of civilised comfort forms the true kernel of our desires. — K.W. Jeter

You know, people get frustrated because their loved ones who have Alzheimer's, oh, he doesn't recognize me anymore, how can I recognize this person, if they don't recognize me? They're not the same person. Well, they are the same person, but they've got a brain disease. And it's not their fault they've got this disease. — Ron Reagan