Cortnee Snell Quotes & Sayings

It matters not how we were brought up. What determines our way of acting is the manner in which we administrate our will. A man is the sum of all his wishes, which determine his way of living and dying. — Paulo Coelho

It was clear to me as a civil rights leader in the '60s that unless we put the social and economic underpinnings beneath the political and the civil rights, we wouldn't go anywhere. — Marian Wright Edelman

I have learned that chances don't always come to you; sometimes you have to create your own. — Abeer Allan

Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, or none but white men, were entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity should look up again at the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began ... — Abraham Lincoln

I guess if I had fifty million dollars I could spend more time at home ... — Tom Hardy

But all doors used regularly are doors to the afterlife. — Margaret Atwood

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them ... I destroy them. — Orson Scott Card

Originality is no excuse for ignorance. — Fred Brooks

It is a commonplace observation that liberals believe in the perfectibility of man while conservatives believe in the endurance of original sin. Superficially, that would suggest that conservatives take a more understanding and indulgent view of individual lapses, while liberals take a more harshly judgmental one. In fact, we know, quite the opposite is the case. — William A. Henry III

If I had known how easy it is to lose your life, I would have treasured mine better. — Yangsze Choo

Love enters us like a vague ailment. Your head spins. Your underarms tingle. Love hurts and love has consequences: marriage, babies, separation, longing, human complications. — Chloe Thurlow

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans. — Edward Hoagland

Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day. — Rebecca Pidgeon

Many prominent scientists - including Darwin, Einstein, and Planck - have considered the concept of God very seriously. What are your thoughts on the concept of God and on the existence of God? — Christian B. Anfinsen