Delayered Quotes & Sayings

For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged. — Stephane Hessel

O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use them? — Benjamin Franklin

To avoid tripping on the chain of the past, you have to pick it up and wind it about you. — Mason Cooley

People would react to books by authors like James and Austen almost on a gut level. I think it was not so much the message, because the best authors do not have obvious messages. These authors were disturbing to my students because of their perspectives on life. — Azar Nafisi

That attitude of arrogance, that attitude of "It's all about me. It's all about what I can get out of life now" - well, I'm personally driven by wanting to get out of my life the best I can achieve as a gift for those who come after me. — Sylvia Earle