Dhammasami Oxford Quotes & Sayings

Look at Judi Dench, who's brilliant in whatever bloody job she does. — Imelda Staunton

[Barack] Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo without a criminal trial because this is law of war detention. — Chris Matthews

Talent and generosity are needed to recognize talent and generosity in our companions; all is discord to an ear that has no idea of harmonies, but it needs a musical ear to delight in music. — Julia McNair Wright

He bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of his circumstances, like a skilful general who marshals his limited forces with all the strategy of war . . . . He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy, and is afraid of solitude.59 — Will Durant

Most people would rather defend to the death your right to say it than listen to it. — Robert Breault

Freedom has to be in tension with something, or it's just randomness. — David Graeber

It is futile to advance the argument that glasses are unromantic. They are not. I know, because I wear them myself, and I am a singularly romantic figure, whether in my rimless, my Oxford gold-bordered, or the plain gent's spectacles which I wear in the privacy of my study. — P.G. Wodehouse

When love ends, we cry out against destiny. When friendship ends, we cry out against our friend. — Mason Cooley