Cool Short Swag Quotes & Sayings

Writers are nothing but beggars with a good line. — Charles Bukowski

We should be fully engaged with life, each individual should reach out beyond himself. Being merely present isn't enough. Being a mere witness is tantamount to being dead. That's what he meant to say. It doesn't matter if you stay in one spot, but your life should reach out if it is not to be a mere animal existence, — Jose Saramago

That is the doom that we must deem. — J.R.R. Tolkien

I want women to get paid more. I want to teach them to negotiate so they get paid more. — Sheryl Sandberg

The term "national idea" is an unclear one. One might think of it as a widely shared understanding among a people as to the desired way of life in their country, an idea that holds sway over the population. A unifying concept like that can be useful, but should never be created artificially or imposed top-down by the powers-that-be. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I often compare my method of working to that of a well-meaning freed woman in a Northern state who is attempting to delineate the horrors of Southern slavery but with next to no resources, other than some paper and a pen knife and some people she'd like to kill — Kara Walker

You can compel the memories from me, Aya, but you can't compel away my feelings," he said evenly. — Nicole R. Taylor

Altruism is the surest and most effective way to bring about genuine life satisfaction. — Dalai Lama XIV

...travel permits to Pyongyang were notoriously hard to get. In order to keep Pyongyang as a showcase city, the North Korean government restricted visitors. — Barbara Demick

For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me. — Amy Tan