Desmedipham Quotes & Sayings

For 12 long years I lived within the narrow-minded confines of the 'straightjacket world' created by my strong belief that Elijah Muhammad was a messenger direct from God Himself, and my faith in what I now see to be a pseudo-religious philosophy that he preaches ... I shall never rest until I have undone the harm I did to so many well-meaning, innocent Negroes who through my own evangelistic zeal now believe in him even more fanatically and more blindly than I did. — Malcolm X

A lot of my early career, I wrote story songs that had narratives, that had plots. — Rupert Holmes

A beam of luminous hydrogen canal rays has, owing to its velocity, exactly the same direction as that of the electric field in which it may be made to move. — Johannes Stark

I don't see why anybody should worry, — Olusegun Obasanjo

There are those photographers who have made a whole career doing commercial work but have never had a museum show, and then there are others who've only had museum shows but couldn't survive for five seconds in the real world of photography. But I've done absolutely everything. — Duane Michals

A vow imparts stability, ballast and firmness to one's character. — Mahatma Gandhi

Point is, I invented me ... maybe as a reaction to them ... definitely as a reaction to them. I am myself in spite of my memories. — Sarah Beth Durst

There wasn't anything wrong with these dogs. I wanted to take them all home with me. The whole damn warehouse of misery. Just strap it to my back and get the fuck out of the way. — Steven Kotler

In Damascus:
the traveler sings to himself:
I return from Syria
neither alive
nor dead
but as clouds
that ease the butterfly's burden
from my fugitive soul — Mahmoud Darwish

When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly. — Alan Cumming

Life, friends, is boring. We must not say so.
After all, the sky flashes, the great sea yearns,
we ourselves flash and yearn — John Berryman

Too much of our lives corresponds to the 'lost-wallet' theory of life. You lose something, spend a long time finding it, and then feel grateful to be back where you started. — Gloria Steinem

I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life. — Gale Sayers