Damandes Quotes & Sayings

There's this small flicker in time when you're looking down the barrel of a gun and instead of your life flashing before your eyes, it's all the moments you missed out on. — Melyssa Winchester

There's just no vision. You have no ground, no vision. — Jessi Colter

... The form of leadership must be the focus of constant reappraisal. Weber states, for example: 'Each new fact may necessitate the re-adjustment of the relations between end and indispensable means, between desired goals and unavoidable subsidiary consequences.' This process of re-adjustment is ultimately without resolution, for the political and ethical value-spheres are not only in constant opposition but also in permanent flux. It is the task of the politician to negotiate this value conflict and to be decisive as to the value to be pursued and the means to be employed. — Nicholas Gane

If a system is chaotic (most are), then it implies that however good the resolving power may be, the time over which the system is predictable is limited. Perfect predictability is not achievable, simply because we are limited in our resolving power. — Leonard Susskind

An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original. — Umberto Eco

If anybody wants to engage in any kind of sexual activity with any consenting partner, that is their business. Anybody can do anything they damn well please, as long as the relationship isn't exploitive. And I don't feel that legality should have anything to do with it. There are certain bodily functions of mine which I will not allow to be supervised. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

We look back and we look ahead, but we live in the time we are allowed. — Eric Dinerstein

McDonalds in Tokyo is a terrible revenge for Pearl Harbor. — S.I. Hayakawa

Laziness in doing stupid things can be a great virtue
Chang - Lost Horizon (1933)
— James Hilton

We will see more and more people, in the church and out, who have the call, the ability, and the finances to resource their own ministry passions in the community. They will not wait for the church to catch up. One clear generational distinction of the millennials (born 1983-2000) is a renewed civic consciousness. As this generational cohort matures, the Christians in it will be much more likely to volunteer and write checks for ministries' and missions' actions that make a difference in people's lives where they live. — Reggie McNeal

Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Without passion, all the skill in world won't lift you above your craft — Twyla Tharp

I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking. — Jan Brewer

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost. — Herbert Spencer

Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders. — William Hague