Cornelias Closet Quotes & Sayings

Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you.
Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you. — Wayne Dyer

As you look at many people's lives, you see that their suffering is in a way gratifying, for they are comfortable in it. They make their lives a living hell, but a familiar one. — Ram Dass

Reaffirming the justice of the American system bolsters our legitimacy with allies, thereby encouraging further cooperation and improving our national security. — John Garamendi

I know of no common interest that exceeds gardening as a source of lifelong friendships, nor as a means of making new friends almost constantly. — Allen Lacy

I'm trying to please myself; certainly that's a big criterion ... though in a sense, I don't take images just for myself. I take images that I think other people will want to see. I don't take pictures to put in a box and hide them. I want as many people to see them as possible. — Mary Ellen Mark

Every incarnation that we remember must increase our comprehension of ourselves as who we are. — Aleister Crowley

Mother went out again tonight, looking like a courtesan. — John Kennedy Toole

The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an audience at lower cost than any medium before it. — Nathan Myhrvold

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better. — Brian Eno

There's a lot of ideology about "free", that we can have free services, free content, it's one of the reasons why the music industry which I defend has been decimated. — Andrew Keen

Who is he that shall control me? Why may I not speak and write and think with entire freedom? What am I to the universe, or, the universe, what is it to me? Who hath forged the chains of wrong and right, of Opinion and Custom? And must I wear them? I say to the universe, Mighty One! thou art not my mother. Return to chaos if thou wilt. I shall still
exist. I live. If I owe my being, it is to a destiny greater than thine. Star by star, world by world, system by system shall be crushed,-but I shall live. — Samuel A. Schreiner Jr.