Downisty Quotes & Sayings

I felt my weakness; I knew my smallness. Being raised under anger, the voice of a child is lost. — Kara Tippetts

I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet. — Werner Herzog

We should know who they are," I said, "before we kill them. That's just being polite. — Bernard Cornwell

We believe that we can change the things around us in accordance with our desires - we believe it because otherwise we can see no favourable outcome. We do not think of the outcome which generally comes to pass and is also favourable: we do not succeed in changing things in accordance with our desires, but gradually our desires change. The situation that we hoped to change because it was intolerable becomes unimportant to us. We have failed to surmount the obstacle, as we were absolutely determined to do, but life has taken us round it, led us beyond it, and then if we turn round to gaze into the distance of the past, we can barely see it, so imperceptible has it become. — Marcel Proust

It's necessary to use suffering. Otherwise, one is used by it. — Natalie Clifford Barney

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. — Ovid

Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you. — Aaron Swartz

Remaining open to the powers of conversation - to new evidence and better arguments - is not only essential for rationality. It is essential for love. — Sam Harris

I'm the last person to tell you that you need a guy to make you happy. But if you're not moving on because you're afraid you'll hurt David, maybe you need to remember that you're hurting Tamani by not moving on, and you might be hurting David by not letting him move on. If
and I'm not saying you should choose him, but if
you really love Tamani, and you keep putting him off because of David, by the time you're finally ready to be with him, you may find that he's moved on. That's all I'm going to say ... — Aprilynne Pike

Once you step onto the fairy path, it's almost like there's no way off. You have to keep going. — Brian Froud

Who is a rebellious person? The rebellious person is one who does not bother about the society at all. He simply lives through his innermost core; he is one who follows his Tao. — Osho

Golf is the most fun you can have with out taking your clothes off. — Chi Chi Rodriguez

In case you haven't heard, the brain is the most important sexual organ, and my brain isn't interested in having anything to do with you. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips