Encycl Quotes & Sayings

The idea that you can dress up in some kind of a fake Indian outfit and get on stage is somehow acceptable in this country. That has to do with the fact that you have the Redskins, the Braves, you have people who dress up like Indians, people dress up like Indians on Halloween. That is acceptable. — Winona LaDuke

The word 'Sudra' which means 'Son of prostitute' should not find a place even in the history hereafter. We will not allow it to find a place in the dictionary or encycl — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

It's sad to see the world live in ignorance full of pain only enjoyed luxuriously by the few stupid greedy ones. — Auliq Ice

The great political tragedy of our time is that conservative leaders in America have chosen to use their superior messaging and political skills to thwart serious action on global warming. — Joseph J. Romm

How did you get in here?' ( ... ) 'How I got here isn't important, because I could do it twenty times again, each time a different way. — Rachel Aaron

It takes effort to say no when our heart and brains and guts and, most important, pride are yearning to say yes. Practice. — Cole Harmonson

What is this fascination the world has with death? — John Irving

It's owing to Roth and the handful of others like her who know — Elizabeth Kolbert

A pseudo-event ... comes about because someone has planned it, planted, or incited it. Typically, it is not a train wreck or an earthquake, but an interview. — Daniel J. Boorstin

In that high place in the darkness the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind of each was the same thought. "I have come to this lonely place and here is this other," was the substance of the thing felt. — Sherwood Anderson

...life's about accumulating wrinkles, deep as rivers and as wide as is needed to travel along their path, so that by the time you're ready to die, your life can be read. — Liam Howley

Just because you think the path that's right for you might be lonelier, longer or less destined for traditional success than paths taken by others, don't be afraid to take it. If you choose your means well you will end up in the right place. — Beau Biden

Smile and joke, even when you don't feel like it.
ESPECIALLY when you don't feel like it. — Rick Riordan

You don't want to buy a surprise, because then the surprise is how awful it looks on you. — Nan Kempner