Commandeering Define Quotes & Sayings

Most world religions denounced war as a barbaric waste of human life. We treasured the teachings of these religions so dearly that we frequently had to wage war in order to impose them on other people. — Jon Stewart

The birds sang in the dust
in an elaborate weave, ambiguous,
deafening, prey to existence
poor passions lost between the modest
summits of groves of mulberry and elder;
and I, like them, in secluded places
reserved for the lost and pure,
would wait for evening to fall,
for the silent smells of fire
and joyous misery to fill the air,
for the Angelus bell to toll, veiled
in the new peasant mystery
fulfilled in the ancient mystery. — Pier Paolo Pasolini

The Gospel calls us to change people by serving them, not by telling them what to do. — Andrew B. Heard

And then, just at that moment, when I'm no longer sure if I'm dreaming or awake or walking some valley in between where everything you wish for comes true, I feel the flutter of his lips on mine. — Lauren Oliver

Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting. — Yoko Ono

To be loved by millions, you need to be loathed by thousands. — Robert J. Braathe

You don't deserve to end up in a place of eternal torment because you love someone else. — Elora Bishop

He had brought no possessions with him; he would take none away. There were none to have
everything of value was in the school computer or his own head and hands. — Orson Scott Card

A young man ain't nothin' in the world these days — Mose Allison

from increasing the number of people in the "tails," that small, very small number of risk takers crazy enough to have ideas of their own, those endowed with — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

A monster lives in us all. — Courtney Cole

I realize I stare at everyone, especially when I'm walking down the street. I'm just a curious person. — Penn Badgley

It's great to create a story and then to submit it to your editor and see what her reaction is to it. It's great to have your editor tell what her suggestions and ideas for the story are. It's great to explain to your editor why her ideas and suggestions are bizarre and to ask her why is she trying to ruin my story. — Christopher Paul Curtis