Dlretiree Quotes & Sayings

The irony of the present day is, that, the more human rights jurisprudence seems to be fortified, the more there are human rights violations in newer and newer forms and some recidivism all due to the conflicting deductions of protecting even human rights of offenders. No doubt offenders deserve their rights to be protected, but in cases of serious offenses such as 'rape' where the offence is proved beyond all reasonable doubt against the offender and where the offender consciously commits the act while being aware of the justice system in his particular country and prefers to cross the precincts of the law, the question of a lighter punishment vis-a vis the gravity of the offence is a big question. — Henrietta Newton Martin

Life requires of man spiritual elasticity, so that he may temper his efforts to the chances that are offered. — Viktor E. Frankl

If you are animated by right principles, and are fully awakened to the true dignity of life, the subject of amusements may be left to settle itself. — Thornton T. Munger

Coke didn't last long enough; it gave me a hangover for two weeks for being high for ten minutes. — John Waters

A lot of men hate women subconsciously or just are very confused about them or are afraid of them or are afraid of their power, or want to suppress them. — Frederick Lenz

Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely. — Rafael Yglesias

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it. — Epicurus

A glint of intention initiates the process of creation. — Debasish Mridha

I get so concerned that someone will think I don't care about them that I don't even see they don't care about me. — Kate McGahan

Other men condemned to exile and captivity, if they survive, despair; the man of letters may reckon those days as the sweetest of his life — Benjamin Disraeli

I'm a tomboy myself and have always been incredibly athletic. — Sarah Shahi

The prime feature in Cornish geology is the upheaval of the granite, distorting, folding back, and altering the superincumbent beds. — Sabine Baring-Gould

If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table? — Brad Thor