Compstatin Quotes & Sayings

Any belief which encourages you to use your own intellect, which motivates you to question everything and points out your own mind as the only road for your salvation is a good belief! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat — William Faulkner

I was raised in a little church, the Grundy Methodist Church, that was very straight-laced, but I had a friend whose mother spoke in tongues. I was just wild for this family. My own parents were older, and they were so over-protective. I just loved the 'letting go' that would happen when I went to church with my friend. — Lee Smith

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes. — Bruce Lee

People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. — George Eliot

I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. — Toni Collette

I never had a piece of toast particularly long and wide, But fell upon the sanded floor, And always on the buttered side. — James Payn

If we don't uphold our Constitution and our values, that over time that will make us less safe. And that will be a recruitment tool for organizations like al-Qaida. That's what I've gotta keep my eye on. — Barack Obama