Famous American Revolutionaries Quotes & Sayings

Why is it that farmworkers feed the nation but they can't get food stamps? — Dolores Huerta

The time we lose is not in overdoing what we are about, but in doing nothing. — William Hazlitt

Let's not forget we created that ideal middle class by destroying all of our industrial competitors during World War II. — Jeff Greene

My fantasy is, if I wasn't on 'Dexter,' I would move my family to London and work for the BBC on 'Doctor Who.' — Manny Coto

The sword is like a serpent. You can try to tame it, but it is venomous and will often bite the hand that holds it. — Matthew Harffy

Even if you fly twenty times per year, you are about twice as likely to be struck by lightning. — Nate Silver

I like my blood warm. I find cold blood as appetizing as an old stale cup of coffee. It's hard to choke down, but then again I'm finicky. — Gea Haff

Just because a man had a trace of blue blood in his veins didn't mean he was quality. It didn't make him a gentleman, either. All it made him was an aristocrat. — Nora Roberts

I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there. — Robert Frost

I was told when I went for a life-insurance exam when I was 18 that I was not likely to live past 50, so I refused to pay the premium. — Jeffrey Tate

She had learned, in her life, that time lived inside you. You are time, you breathe time. When she'd been young, she'd had an insatiable hunger for more of it, though she hadn't understood why. Now she held inside her a cacophony of times and lately it drowned out the world. The apple tree was still nice to lie near. They peony, for its scent, also fine. When she walked through the woods (infrequently now) she picked her way along the path, making way for the boy inside to run along before her. It could be hard to choose the time outside over the time within. — David Wroblewski

When the eye fails to find beauty-alias solace-it commands the body to create it, or, failing that, adjusts itself to perceive virtue in ugliness. — Joseph Brodsky

Many mental health professionals are drawn to the field in part to resolve their own personal struggles. — Gary Small

Glory is for none but the learned,
Guided are they - and proofs for seekers of guidance.
Every person is measured based on how much of it (knowledge) he mastered,
The ignorant are to the learned their enemies,
Succeed with knowledge and live energetically forever,
Men are all dead, only the possessors of knowledge are truly alive — Ali Ibn Abi Talib