Dashboard Confessional Love Quotes & Sayings

When you say that you are a race man, it means that you embrace the entire black community regardless of the hue, whether somebody is very light and could pass for possibly white or someone is very dark. — Ed Smith

[On the writers she admires:] I prefer dead writers, because I don't see them at parties. — Fran Lebowitz

extreme conceptions arise with the conception of inherently existent phenomena. it has been thoroughly analyzed how phenomena do not inherently exist; when the conception of an inherently existent phenomenon does not exist, these extreme conceptions do not arise, just as there is no fire when there is no fuel. — Candrakirti

When a person says only what others love to hear, he is largely liked; but if he loves to say what he likes only, then others hardly hear him. — Anuj

I was forced to enter the basement of my soul and look directly at what was hidden there, and to choose, in the face of it all, not death but life. — Henri Nouwen

First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered ... Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not. Consider none your superior whatever their rank or station in life. Treat all fairly, or they will seek revenge. Be careful with your money. Hold fast to your beliefs and others will listen. — Christopher Paolini

In literature, you know only what you imagine — Carlos Fuentes

Ninety-nine percent of the time, your parents never have to know, though. The school doesn't want your parents to think you became a fuckup here any more than you want your parents think you're a fuckup. — John Green

We have purposely trained him wrong, as a joke. — Master Tang

If I'm crazy, I'm blissfully so! — Emmylou Harris

Eat like an emperor. That does not depend on the quality of the food, it depends on the eater, the way he celebrates it. — Osho

Nature's patterns sometimes reflect two intertwined features: fundamental physical laws and environmental influences. It's nature's version of nature versus nurture. — Brian Greene

I think as an artist or a writer it's OK to want to control your own work. — James Frey

All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts not only because of their historical development - in which they were transferred from theology to the theory of the state, whereby, for example, the omnipotent god became the omnipotent lawgiver - but also because of their systematic structure, the recognition of which is necessary for a sociological consideration of these concepts. The exception in jurisprudence is analogous to the miracle in theology. Only by being aware of this analogy can we appreciate the manner in which the philosophical ideas of the state developed in the last centuries. — Carl Schmitt

Anyone who has spent any time in space will love it for the rest of their lives. I achieved my childhood dream of the sky. — Valentina Tereshkova