Crystallised Fruit Quotes & Sayings

In other words, the problem of empire-building is essentially mystical. It must somehow foster the impression that a man is great in the degree that his nation is great; that a German as such is superior to a Belgian as such; an Englishman, to an Irishman; an American, to a Mexican: merely because the first-named countries are in each case more powerful than their comparatives. And people who have no individual stature whatever are willing to accept this poisonous nonsense because it gives them a sense of importance without the trouble of any personal effort. — Felix Morley

When the situation demands action, know the end of the action before you start the action — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Let us forget and forgive injuries. — Miguel De Cervantes

I thing for female filmmakers a big issue is making their second and third films. You see the statistics, and the dropoff on the second and third [films] , are dire. — Ava DuVernay

It might take an act of God to convince some Americans that parts of their government are corrupt, but at the same time, you cannot, under any circumstances, persuade an Iranian that his government is not corrupt! — Mahbod Seraji

The testimony of a good conscience is the glory of a good man. Have a good conscience and thou shalt ever have joy. A good conscience is able to bear exceeding much, and is exceeding joyful in the midst of adversities; an evil conscience is ever fearful and unquiet. Thou shalt rest sweetly if thy heart condemn thee not. — Thomas A Kempis

Paul reminds us that in the Gospel we are both brought lower and raised higher than we can imagine. — Timothy Keller

You know Karen, everybody thinks serial killers are ignorant, but we are actually extremely intelligent. — Mary Burton King

I know the microphones and cameras are on me. They're looking at my gestures and taking it and running with it because of things that have happened in the past. It's very unfair. — Terrell Owens

I grew up in a church-going family, a very sort of ordinary, middle-of-the-road Anglican family where nobody really talked about personal Christian experience. It was just sort of assumed like an awful lot of things in the 1950's were just sort of taken for granted. — N. T. Wright

Stood I, O Nature! man alone in thee, Then were it worth one's while a man to be. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire