Derramados Quotes & Sayings

Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other right. — Abraham Lincoln

You must realize ... that the men of the Valley have built their houses and brought up their families without help from others, without a word from the Government. Their lives have been ordered from birth by the Bible. From it they took their instructions. They had no other guidance, and no other law. If it has produced hypocrites and pharisees, the fault is in the human race. We are not all angels. Our fathers upheld good conduct and rightful dealing by strictness, but it is in Man Adam to be slippery, and many are as slimy as the adder. The wonder is to me that the men of the Valley are as they are, and not barbarians at all.I was sorry for Meillyn Lewis, too. But that session of the deacons was helpful as a preventative. It was cruel, but it is more cruel to allow misconduct to flourish without check. — Richard Llewellyn

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now that would be interesting. — Ewan McGregor

I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music. — Mike Figgis

Our society values alert, problem-solving consciousness, and it devalues all other states of consciousness. Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today. Of course we accept drunkenness. We allow people some brief respite from the material grind. A society that subscribes to that model is a society that is going to condemn the states of consciousness that have nothing to do with the alert problem-solving mentality. — Graham Hancock

Will be but corpses dressed in frocks,
who cannot speak to birds or rocks. — Gary Snyder

Religion asks you to believe things without questioning, and technology and science always encourage you to ask hard questions and why it is important in science and technology. So I was always interested in science and technology. — Vinod Khosla

Everyday is a gift and a very special day; so let us celebrate with joy and profound gratitude. — Debasish Mridha

To save my son, I would plot with the devil himself. — Philippa Gregory