Experience Whats Possible Quotes & Sayings

According to historian Ellen Hammer, he (Pres. Kennedy) was, 'shaken and depressed.' to realize that, 'the first Catholic ever to become a Vietnamese chief of state was dead, assassinated as a direct result of a policy authorized by the first American Catholic president.' At one point an aide tried to console him by reminding him that Diem and Nhu had been tyrants.
'No," he replied. "They were in a difficult position.' They did the best they could for their country. — Stephen Kinzer

There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years. — Andy Goldsworthy

Lie down beside these waters
That bubble from the spring;
Hear in the desert silence
The desert sparrow sing;

Draw from the shapeless moment
Such pattern as you can;
And cleave henceforth to Beauty;
Expect no more from man.

Man, with his ready answer,
His sad and hearty word,
For every cause in limbo,
For every debt deferred,

For every pledge forgotten,
His eloquent and grim
Deep empty gaze upon you, -
Expect no more from him. — Edna St. Vincent Millay

And then she asks me how many sexual partners I've had and I say one or two
depending on your definition of what I did to Custer ... — Sherman Alexie

A lingering grain of inefficacy capitulates to the arrogance of authority. — Margo Kelly