Drefan Rahl Quotes & Sayings

[The] type of education now prevailing all over the world is directed against human freedom. State-controlled education ... deprives people of their free choice, creativity and brilliance. — Muammar Al-Gaddafi

The manner in which things exist and take place, constitutes what is called the nature of things; and a careful observation of the nature of things is the sole foundation of all truth. — Jean-Baptiste Say

In California everyone goes to a therapist, is a therapist, or is a therapist going to a therapist. — Truman Capote

Lying in bed, I abandoned the facts again and was back in Ambrosia. — Keith Waterhouse

Maddie," he says, between kisses. I think it's the first time I've ever liked anyone calling me that. "Maddie, wait."
But I don't want to wait. If I wait, I'll have to tell him what I did and then he'll probably never kiss me again. I don't deserve kisses, cheating whore that I am.
"Maddie, come on!" he says, through laughter. I'm glad he can laugh. — Charlotte Stein

Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and animated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy. — Quintilian

The old saying is that when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I say f*** that. When life gives you lemons, make margaritas. — Kristin Neff

In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should know) that "free speech" inhabits a structured space: not only is "hate speech" legally forbidden in liberal societies, but there are also laws protecting the circulation of copyrighted material, and the reproduction of trademarks and patents without explicit permission. — Talal Asad

Blessed are the common people. God loves them; that is why he made millions of them. — Nnamdi Azikiwe

Money is the seed of money. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Work as smart as you are able. — Mary Anne Radmacher

George Bush and John Ashcroft were religious in a scary way, but the rational among us could always take heart that, deep down, the Bush administration was more cynical than messianic. — Matt Taibbi

Secretary of State Clinton dared Iran on Monday to let her hold a town hall meeting in Tehran. That's telling 'em. If the ayatollahs had a sense of humor, they'd call her bluff. — Mark Steyn

For any human being, freedom is essential, crucial, to our dignity and our ability to be fully human. — Izzeldin Abuelaish

For the Earth itself is a blossom, she says,
on the star tree,
pale with luminous
ocean leaves. — Rolf Jacobsen