Famous Discord Quotes & Sayings

Poor people in America today (people who are officially in poverty) have a higher standard of living - in terms of medical standards, in terms of going to college, in terms of the way people live - than middle class people did thirty years ago. — Michael Medved

Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. — Barack Obama

I prayed over and over again that God would spare me, not because I cared that much about my own life
but because I cared about hers. — Rachel Van Dyken

We, the survivors of the crossing, clung to the beast that had stolen us away. Not a soul among us had wanted to baord that ship, but once out on open waters, we held on for dear life. The ship became an extension of our own rotting bodies. Those who were cut from the heaving animal sank quick to their deaths, and we who remained attached wilted more slow as poison festered in our bellies and bowels. We stayed with the beast until new lands met our feet, and we stumbled down the long plants just before the poison became fatal. Perhaps here in this new land, we would keep living. — Lawrence Hill

Our government conceived in freedom and purchased with blood can be preserved only by constant vigilance. — William Jennings Bryan

Elizabeth Taylor is, in my opinion, the greatest actress in film history. She instinctively understands the camera and its nonverbal intimacies. Opening her violet eyes, she takes us into the liquid realm of emotion, which she inhabits by Pisces intuition. Richard Burton said that Taylor showed him how to act for the camera. Economy and understatement are essential. At her best, Elizabeth Taylor simply is. An electric, erotic charge vibrates the space between her face and the lens. It is an extra-sensory, pagan phenomenon. — Camille Paglia

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? — Marcus Tullius Cicero

One of the arguments that authoritarian governments use to ward off the call for greater political freedom is to argue that American-style democracy is no guarantee of good policy ... Over the years, I've grown used to these arguments, and my response has rarely wavered: Sure, we might make dumb choices sometimes, but we will defend, to the end, the right to make choices at all, because we believe that our collective conscience, freely expressed, will eventually lead us in the right direction. When it comes to guns, it is getting harder to muster that argument abroad. Every new shooting, every new failure of will and citizenship, slashes another hole in our credibility as a way of life. — Evan Osnos

He is a "princeling," the relatives of current or former senior Chinese Communist Party leaders. — Anonymous

I feel sorry for high school teams still named the Cougars. Now what does the coach say? Get out there and play like horny old ladies! — Dana Gould

The personality of the wearer and the hat makes the hat. — Philip Treacy

He felt whole and clean and full of light. Of course he would mess up again. He could never be perfect. But at least now he had assurance. If the bullet hit him next time, he'd go from life on earth to life in heaven. — Karen Kingsbury

Which lawyer drafts the contract is often dictated by custom: financing agreements are drafted by lenders' counsel; acquisition agreements are drafted by purchaser's counsel; underwriting agreements are drafted by underwriter's counsel; employment contracts are drafted by employers' counsel; security agreements are drafted by secured party's counsel. The underlying principle is that the party with the most leverage or with the most to lose from an inadequately drafted contract will do the drafting. — Charles M. Fox