Eilert Sundt Quotes & Sayings

Democracy is disruptive. Around the world, peaceful protesters are being demonised for this, but there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. Protesters ideally should read Gandhi and King and dedicate themselves to disciplined, long-term, non-violent disruption of business as usual - especially disruption of traffic. — Naomi Wolf

Now when I speak about Zen, I have a problem, in the sense that the Zen of today has lost the essence, in my estimation, of what I call "old Zen." — Frederick Lenz

The success of any society must be judged by the life of its worst off. No other calculation will do. — Victor LaValle

I am George Rogers Clark. You have just become a prisoner of the Commonwealth of Virginia. — George Rogers Clark

I don't want a girlfriend because that means I've got a responsibility. I have a responsibility to call you. I have a responsibility not to be with another woman. I have a responsibility to be there on time when you need me. — Lamar Odom

Most entertainment careers aren't going to end in fame. — Tyler Hilton

The Englishman, be it noted, seldom resorts to violence; when he is sufficiently goaded he simply opens up, like the oyster, and devours his adversary. — Henry Miller

If I was into politics, I would be rich. — Lena Headey

The Magpie took off her glove and looked scornfully at him. Basta likes to use snakes to scare woman that reject his advances. It didn't work with Resa. How did it go exactly - didn't she finally put the snake outside your door, Basta? — Cornelia Funke

Nobody ever kicked a dog wagging its tail — Chris Murray

Prayer begins where our power ends. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

I can't imagine living in a house without a couple of dogs. If I ever got out of bed at night and didn't have to step over a Labrador or two or three, or move one off the covers so I could turn over, my nights would be more restless and the demons that wait in the dark for me would be less easily fended. — Gene Hill