Disinheriting A Son Quotes & Sayings

The man whose life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects too are, perhaps, always the same, or very nearly the same, has no occasion to exert his understanding ... and generally becomes as stupid and ignorant as it is possible for a human creature to be ... . But in every improved and civilized society this is the state into which the labouring poor, that is, the great body of the people, must necessarily fall, unless government takes some pains to prevent it. — Noam Chomsky

Nature, for me is raw and dangerous and difficult and beautiful and unnerving. — Andy Goldsworthy

I came in with a healthy skepticism about these programs. My team evaluated them. We scrubbed them thoroughly. We actually expanded some of the oversight, increased some of the safeguards. But my assessment, and my team's assessment was that they help us prevent terrorist attacks. In the abstract, you can complain about 'Big Brother' and how this is a potential program run amok. But when you actually look at the details, then, I think we've struck the right balance. — Barack Obama

Every atom is working and resisting every thought in the mind. Everything we see and know is but the resultant of these two forces. — Swami Vivekananda

I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in the pants. What a brat! — Dorothy Hamill

I want to make my mark,' he says.
But what target, I wonder, are you going to hit? — Cecil Castellucci

You know, the hard thing about audiences not liking what a character does is that they sometimes take it out on the actor personally. That's something that you know when you become an actor or actress, but it's always hard to deal with when it actually happens. — Linda Cardellini

A lot of people my age are so hyper. I like hyper people. — Edward Furlong

I love you, but I should poorly serve the work to which I devote myself anew at the side of one to whom it were less than the greatest thing in the world! — Edmond Rostand

Pain always seemed to make her more beautiful. — Kristen Painter

One day I was in an airport rushing to catch a plane. I was sweating and puffing when I looked to my right and saw a man walking half as fast as I was, but going faster. He was walking on a moving sidewalk. When we walk in the Spirit, eh comes underneath us and bears us along. We're still walking, but we walk dependent on him. — Tony Evans

As a musician, I don't think I'm the greatest guitar player. I'm a bigger fan of the drums than I am the guitar; I just happen to play guitar. I play drums almost every day at my house. I wrote a lot of songs behind the drum kit, just having the music and vocals in my head and playing the rhythm. — Daron Malakian

Who would enjoy a life of no runs, no hits, no errors? — Hans Selye

In a government bottomed on the will of all, the ... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all. — Thomas Jefferson