Elverys Quotes & Sayings

Heroes are often the most ordinary of men. — Henry David Thoreau

Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think. — Ira Glass

Where there is truth, there also is knowledge which is true. — Mahatma Gandhi

The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place. — Ernest Bramah

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater. — Frank Zappa

If you wish to behold God, you may see Him in every object around; search in your breast, and you will find Him there. And if you do not yet perceive where He dwells, confute me, if you can, and say where He is not. — Pietro Metastasio

Stand by your own honorable convictions before the putrid stench of others permanently stains you. — Hank Bracker

We have to stand up for these issues when it's tough, and that's what I've done. I did it when I was in the state legislature, sponsoring the Illinois version of the DREAM Act, so that children who were brought here through no fault of their own are able to go to college, because we actually want well-educated kids in our country who are able to succeed and become part of this economy and part of the American dream. — Barack Obama

There is a thing inherent and natural which existed before heaven and earth. Motionless and fathomless, It stands alone and never changes; It pervades everywhere and never becomes exhausted. It may be regarded as the Mother of the Universe. I do not know its name. If I am forced to give It a name, I call it Tao, and I name it as supreme. — Laozi

The greatest leverage you can create for yourself is the pain that comes from inside, not outside. Knowing that you have failed to live up to your own standards for your life is the ultimate pain. — Tony Robbins

Charlotte was lost for words. What did one say to a man in a fake marsupial head, wearing a grass loin-pouch and trying to debate ethnobotany in the middle of a lost world that was supposed to be inaccessible by foot? — Jennifer Fulton

The greatest miracle of all, the human being. — Marya Mannes