Discomforted Def Quotes & Sayings

The American underground punk scene, though, is a story worth remembering. — Ian MacKaye

Scientists are fascinated by Escher's work because they recognize in it not only a concept of the world with which they are familiar but also a similar attitude toward that world. For them as for him, the plurality of the world signifies neither absurdity nor chaos but a challenge to look for new logical relationships between phenomena. — J. L. Locher

does life stop hurting?" "When we learn to tell life to fuck off and we find the littlest reasons to smile. — Brittainy C. Cherry

Similarly, it is argued that the culture of Islam is incompatible with democracy. Basically, this conventional perspective of the Middle East thus contends that democracy in that region is neither possible nor even desirable. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan

To say that God is omniscient is to say that He possesses perfect knowledge and therefore has no need to learn. But it is more: it is to say that God has never learned and cannot learn. — A.W. Tozer

In the words of some really beautiful smart girl I know, just give me what I want, Caleb whispered. — Shelly Crane

To reconcile conflicting parties, we must have the ability to understand the suffering of both sides. If we take sides, it is impossible to do the work of reconciliation. And humans want to take sides. That is why the situation gets worse and worse. Are there people who are still available to both sides? They need not do much. They need do only one thing: Go to one side and tell all about the suffering endured by the other side, and go to the other side and tell all about the suffering endured by this side. This is our chance for peace. But how many of us are able to do that? — Nhat Hanh

For me, the ultimate form of expression is blues, where jazz appeals to me on an intellectual level. — Scott Henderson

No matter what anyone says, no matter the excuse or explanation, whatever a person does in the end is what he intended to do all along. — Cus D'Amato

They didn't become great guys by choosing the easy road. So meeting a woman who has high standards only makes them more attracted to her. They love women who have strong personal boundaries and are confident enough to know what they want and demand it. High-quality men always respect women who do not tolerate manipulative games and have solid standards. Those standards need to be realistic, of course. Some women have impossible standards. Both — Brian Keephimattracted

Our survival, the future of our civilization, possibly the existence of mankind, depends on American leadership — Charles Lindbergh

Inefficient nations were always conquered sooner or later, and the struggle for efficiency was inimical to illusions. — George Orwell

It was Abraham Lincoln who struck off the chains of black Americans, but it was Lyndon Johnson who led them into voting booths, closed democracy's sacred curtain behind them, placed their hands upon the lever that gave them a hold on their own destiny, made them, at last and forever, a true part of American political life. How true a part? Forty-three years later, a mere blink of history's eye, a black American, Barack Obama, was sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office. — Robert A. Caro

True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live — Albert Schweitzer