Filibustering Democrats Quotes & Sayings

It's a story of love, of hatred, and of the dreams that live in the shadow of the wind. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It had been my experience that fatherhood was mostly a matter of suffering the insufferable, tolerating the intolerable, and changing diapers. — Jeff Lindsay

Religion is a mixed blessing. — John Shelby Spong

And I know that a king protects his people, or he is no king at all. — George R R Martin

What was standing in my way was my own self-awareness. If I can begin this fasting of the heart, self-awareness will vanish. Then I will be free from limitation and preoccupation I Is that what you mean?" "Yes," said Confucius, "that's it! If you can do this, you will be able to go among men in their world without upsetting them. You will not enter into conflict with their ideal image of themselves. If they will listen, sing them a song. If not, keep silent. Don't try to break down their door. Don't try out new medicines on them. Just be there among them, because there is nothing else for you to be but one of them. Then you may have success! — Thomas Merton

Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights — David Maister

Arrogance is a weird emotion to take on, but you have to do it. — Jack Gleeson

So what I am always looking for is, I'm always looking for something that that person has told me that nobody else has told me. It is normally not an opinion, and it is normally not a philosophy. It's almost always a story. Because we all share similar philosophies, we all share similar opinions on a lot of different issues, but all of our stories are our own. — Brandon Stanton

There are few women whose charm survives their beauty. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Except she wasn't Vicki Bell anymore. She was Vicki Bell Beaudry, owner of the Red Fox with her husband, Rob, whose family was nearly as rooted in Bell Valley as the Bell family was, hence a questionable welcome there, too. — Barbara Delinsky

Visibility is a trap. — Michel Foucault

Safe Despair it is that raves- Agony is frugal. Puts itself severe away For its own perusal. — Emily Dickinson

I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians. — Zooey Deschanel

The Congress has had an uneasy relationship with banks and bankers since Alexander Hamilton. It took the United States until 1913 to set up a central bank. The Federal Reserve earned its hard-won independence over years of effort. — Robert Zoellick