Contrivance Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

I don't think about goals and records. Competition is what keeps me playing. — Lou Brock

Shame occurs when you haven't been able to get away with the 'who' you want people to think you are. — Carl Whitaker

A person is no more no less than the Story of his Passions Deeds. — Doug Dorst

When the King rules your world, you cease to rule or worry. All worry dethrones God. All worrying makes you King and God incompetent. There is a King born in Bethlehem and on the throne. You can breathe. — Ann Voskamp

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened. — Laverne Cox

Some people say that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. But the runaway taxes of our time are the price we pay for being gullible. — Thomas Sowell

There are sad truths in our world, and one is that slaves who read are a threat. They would be abreast of news that would incite them in ways we could not control. Yes, it's unfair to deprive them, but there's a greater good here that must be protected. — Sue Monk Kidd

Beer is sacred business, a mood-altering food substance that may have preserved the human species. To drink beer is to be human. — Alan D. Eames

Aristotle had thought that atomism was wrong, and he rejected the views of the ancient Greek atomist Democritus. (The other atomists, Epicurus and Lucretius, lived after Aristotle.) But Boyle thought that Aristotle was wrong, and so he rejected the alchemists' belief (based on Aristotle) that fire, earth, air, and water were the fundamental elements, and Aristotle's belief that each thing had a definite form. Instead, Boyle believed that everything was made of atoms - including fire, earth, air, and water - and that a thing's "form" was merely the result of how the atoms were put together. What — Benjamin Wiker

What permaculturists are doing is the most important activity that any group is doing on the planet. — David Suzuki

In the adversarial system, it's more important to follow legal procedure than to speak the truth. — Jon Krakauer