Defensiva Dex Quotes & Sayings

A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom. — Gary Saul Morson

In my end is my beginning — Mary, Queen Of Scots

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad. — Samuel Richardson

It's easier to be responsible for the decisions that you've made yourself than for the ones that other people have made for you. — John Travolta

I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music. — Taylor Swift

In a democracy the responsibility for the Government's economic policies, which so affect the economy, normally rests with the elected representative of the people: in our case, with the President and the Congress. If these two follow economic policies inimical to the general welfare, they are accountable to the people for their actions on election day. With Federal Reserve independence, however, a body of men exist who control one of the most powerful levers moving the economy and who are responsible to no one. — Wright Patman

And as far as doing God's work, I think the bankers who took government money and then gave out obscene bonuses are the same self-interested sorts Jesus threw out of the temple. — Maureen Dowd

For a moment I felt the quiet hungering thing that comes inside when you return to the place of your origins, and then the ache of mis-belonging. — Sue Monk Kidd

The 'insane' always believe in first impressions. — Paulo Coelho

In my life, I had known suffering, oppression, anxiety; I had never known boredom. I could see no objection to the endless, imbecile repetition of sameness. — Michel Houellebecq

Orwell wasn't right about where society was in 1984. We haven't turned into that sort of surveillance society. But that may be, at least in small part, because of his book. The notion that ubiquitous surveillance and state manipulation of the media is evil is deeply engrained in us. — Ramez Naam

When a citizen gives his suffrage to a man of known immorality he abuses his trust; he sacrifices not only his own interest, but that of his neighbor; he betrays the interest of his country. — Noah Webster

Britney and I wore matching denim outfits [to the 2001 American Music Awards]. Yeah, another bad choice. I'd probably pay good money to get some of those pictures off the internet. — Justin Timberlake

Do not allow a lack of one's own talent or confidence shackle the door prior to even opening it." (Ginger Susanoo, 2018). — Michael Rogers