Curated Social Quotes & Sayings

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. — Wallace D. Wattles

What is characteristic of Socialism is the joint ownership by all the members of the community of the instruments and means of production; which carries with it the consequence that the division of the produce among the body of owners must be a public act, performed according to rules laid down by the community. — John Stuart Mill

Throughout its history, Islam has borrowed and adapted from other civilizations, both ancient and modern. — Shereen El Feki

Well, the oil, the oil spot, if you will, is a, is a term in counterinsurgency literature that connotes a peaceful area, secure area. So what you're trying to do is to always extend that, to push that out. — David Petraeus

That's really what SF is all about, you know: the big reality that pervades the real world we live in: the reality of change. Science fiction is the very literature of change. In fact, it is the only such literature we have. — Frederik Pohl

the first principle of all action is leisure. — Aristotle.

Lombardi: [to his assistant] Could you get us some writing paper, please.
Eli: A lot of it. A whole lot of it. — Book Of Eli Movie

This week, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized control of the Yemeni government, heretofore pro-American. In September, they overran Sanaa, the capital. On Tuesday, they seized the presidential palace. On Thursday, they forced the president to resign. — Charles Krauthammer

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being. — Paul Tillich

As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen. — Sydney Smith

To me, friendship means loving tolerance. — Robert Downey Jr.