Epke Zonderland Quotes & Sayings

Suppose that the US really is trying to get rid of drugs in Colombia. Does Colombia then have the right to fumigate tobacco farms in Kentucky? They are producing a lethal substance far more dangerous than cocaine. More Colombians die from tobacco-related illnesses than Americans die from cocaine. Of course, Colombia has no right to do that. — Noam Chomsky

Talk radio has almost ruined the sports fan. — Phil Simms

What if there is only an equal ratio of happiness to unhappiness in the world at any given time? — Gabrielle Zevin

Rich people don't have to have a life-and-death relationship with the truth and its questions; they can ignore the truth and still thrive materially. I am not surprised many of them understand literature only as an ornament. Life is an ornament to them, relationships are ornaments, their "work" is but a flimsy, pretty ornament meant to momentarily thrill and capture attention. Why didn't I reread my F. Scott Fitzgerald sooner? I might have saved myself some time. — Sergio Troncoso

I have realized that nothing else matters besides this:
Am I doing everything God has put me on this earth to do? — Christine Caine

If you like happiness, then worship that wherein happiness is inherent. Happiness is in God. God is an abode of infinite bliss. If you worship the inanimate (the non-Self, [Jad]), then you will have pain because there is only pain in the inanimate. — Dada Bhagwan

Circumstances shape who we are and who we become. I believe that. But I also believe we have choices. There are always choices. — Lisa Schroeder

Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me — Confucius

That was what I wanted, but I don't need it to be gone. I can love you and I can love life and bear the pain all at the same time. I think the pain might even make the rest better, the way a good setting can make a diamond look better. — Stephen King

It's not enough to be famous. You have to be professional enough to make reform. — Vitali Klitschko

We are not called to be entertainers or performers, we are called to praise and worship our creator. 'Oh come, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of salvation.' (Psalms95:1). — Euginia Herlihy

Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Of great wealth there is no real use, except in its distribution, the rest is just conceit. — Francis Bacon