Conciliation Resources Quotes & Sayings

Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel. — William Hazlitt

Denied the outlet, through play, of his energies, he recoiled upon himself and developed his mental processes. He became cunning; he had idle time in which to devote himself to thoughts of trickery. — Jack London

Name-calling will make you an enemy, not an ally, and if that is your objective, then persuasion is probably not what you were after in the first place. — Steven D. Levitt

The crisis is not an opportunity to change the character of Louisiana's political order. We must not use the crisis to turn Louisiana into a red state
this is a rainbow state. — Jesse Jackson

She would not tell him the truth for some weeks, but she would eventually confess that she had left with him because the fear had gone out of her daily leaps. Her hours were filled with confident, minor feats and toothless dangers. She would not call it such, but Adam would later name it for her: it was boredom that had driven her from her mother's side and a secure home. — Josiah Bancroft

I remember in the early nineties people saying the hat was just for old women, but that's ridiculous. — Philip Treacy

In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself. — Emma Watson

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation. — Nick Cave

Mysteries are not necessarily miracles. — Timothy Ferriss

But the truth doesn't need to be known, or believed, to be true. — Chris Crutcher