Essentialized Identity Quotes & Sayings

(1)BEING A POET
is like opening a car door
& exposing yourself.
(2)BEING A GOOD POET
is like opening the door
& exposing the passenger
as well. — Chocolate Waters

The hairsplitting difference between formed and unformed makes no difference to us. Whoever deliberately commits abortion is subject to the penalty for homicide. — Saint Basil

Pure love is an unmediated, unmitigated, and unrevealing, but everlasting source of joy for the giver and for the receiver. — Debasish Mridha

Perfection can be a fetish — Bernard Leach

When humanitarianism came into vogue, and the unsound were tended at public expense, this natural selection ceased. And since these unfortunates were incapable alike of prudence and of social responsibility, they procreated without restraint, and threatened to infect the whole species with their rottenness. — Olaf Stapledon

For my final project I will be disappearing into the mountains. — Unknown

The people I recommend the iPhone 4S for are the ones who are already in the Mac world, because it's so compatible, and people who are just scared of computers altogether and don't want to use them. The iPhone is the least frightening thing. For that kind of person who is scared of complexity, well, here's a phone that is simple to use and does what you need it to do, — Steve Wozniak

People recognize certain things, like 'D' means 'this dialogue stinks.' We're dealing with shows that are written here, shot in New York and posted back here. Accurate communication is a necessity. — Dick Wolf

For what good is freedom of expression if you lack the means to express yourself? — Roy Peter Clark

You stay married thirty-four years, you don't have to prove who's got the bigger balls. Just take it for granted she does. — Jamie Farrell

If we didn't have bodies, we couldn't feel the sun on our faces or smell the earthy, mushroom-y rich smell of the ground right after the rain. If we didn't have bodies, we couldn't wrap our arms around the people we love or taste a perfect tomato right at the height of summer. I'm so thankful to live in this physical, messy, blood-and-guts world. I don't want to live in a world that's all dry ideas and theorems. Food is one of the ways we acknowledge our humanity, our appetites, our need for nourishment. And so it may seem trivial or peripheral to some people, but to me, when I'm telling a story, the part about what we ate really does matter. — Shauna Niequist

Priorities like winning the War on Terror and providing tax relief that will keep our economy growing strong. — Dennis Hastert

If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny. — Steven Wright

The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan. — Edward Abbey