Dedra Whitt Quotes & Sayings

The learned man knows that he is ignorant. — Victor Hugo

Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate. — Margaret Cho

I hold the door to the post office open for a weathered man in a wheelchair. He is gracious, thanking me. One leg is missing, and just as I notice this, I see the sticker on the back of his chair: VIETNAM VETS.

My thoughts jumble as an ache brews in my heart. I think of war and how it destroys, divides, and damages. I see the faces of those in the refugee camp and those who found their names on The List and are now in America. I want to tell this wounded soldier that I am sorry for his loss and for the abandonment he may have felt upon his return. I want to say other things, but right now I'm just honored to hold the door for him. — Alice J. Wisler

Practice love in your relationships. The key to this is avoiding expectation. It's expectation that makes most people miserable in love - the return on the investment. — Frederick Lenz

Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film. — Ted Kotcheff

Nothing is demonstrable, unless the contrary implies a contradiction. Nothing, that is distinctly conceivable, implies a contradiction. Whatever we conceive as existent, we can also conceive as non-existent. There is no being, therefore, whose non-existence implies a contradiction. Consequently there is no being, whose existence is demonstrable. — David Hume

Your children make it impossible to regret your past. They're its finest fruits. Sometimes the only ones. — Anna Quindlen

People have been manipulating food ever since they realized cooking a whole animal was difficult. Cows don't come in hot dog form. — Wylie Dufresne

had a hunch that people wanted to keep jellyfish as pets, so he created a test website and bought $100 in Google search ads. Lo and behold, his — Anonymous

When laissez-faire creates instability, the move to a freer market can be something less than pure gain. — Robert Kuttner

Because all the monsters have been let out of their cages tonight, no matter what court they belong to. So I may roam wherever I wish until the dawn. — Sarah J. Maas

You don't always have to solve your problems alone, you know. This is why people talk to their friends. — Stephanie Perkins

It was amazing, she thought, how everything having to do with Count Olaf was frightening. — Lemony Snicket

Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible, — Philip Jenkins

I have my books and poetry to protect me — Paul Simon