Dispossessd Quotes & Sayings

In the presence of death reason and philosophy are silent — Ambrose Bierce

I want the following word: splendor, splendor is fruit in all its succulence, fruit without sadness. I want vast distances. My savage intuition of myself. — Clarice Lispector

Figure the reason you don't have much to say is you probably never met a man who liked to hear a woman talk. — Larry McMurtry

Who would rule a nation when he could have easier work, such as carrying water uphill in a sieve? — Robert Jordan

About Siri . . . Snuffles?" said Harry. "No . . . not exactly . . ." said Hermione slowly. "More . . . wondering . . . I suppose we're doing the right thing . . . I think . . . aren't we?" Harry and Ron looked at each other. — J.K. Rowling

What unites us is an unconditional love for France. — Marion Marechal-Le Pen

Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work day in and day out for their masters they are bound to die for their masters at call. Out of this working and dying they tend to get less and less. — H.L. Mencken

- You know that there is a city on the far side of the ocean. But you haven't yet found the ship, nor have you loaded your bags, nor crossed the sea. Why spend time commenting on what it is like, or how one should walk through its streets? — Paulo Coelho

Religions centered on the worship of a male God create "moods" and "motivations" that keep women in a state of psychological dependence on men and male authority, while at the same legitimating the political and social authority of fathers and sons in the institutions of society. — Carol P. Christ

Thankfulness is an attitude of possibilities, not an attitude of liabilities. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

The enemy uses lies to make problems appear bigger than the solutions we carry. — Bill Johnson

There are heroes and, emphatically, heroines enough in this history. Yielding to the temptation to focus on their courage, however, may miss the point. Part of the legacy of people like Ella Baker and Septima Clark is a faith that ordinary people who learn to believe in themselves are capable of extraordinary acts, or better, of acts that seem extraordinary to us precisely because we have such an impoverished sense of the capabilities of ordinary people. — Charles M. Payne