Florence Kennedy Quotes & Sayings

I feel as much belief in her as I do in God- I find faith in human perseverance, even as the universe throws challenge after challenge our way. This might be one of the things I saw in Rhiannon, too- her desire to persevere. — David Levithan

They entered there into the unconscious philosophy of the town; that life was an incomprehensible marvel, since it was incessantly wasted and spent, yet none the less it lasted and endured 'like the bridge on the Drina'. — Ivo Andric

Something lurked inside the truth. — Don DeLillo

There are many who want me to tell them of secret ways of becoming perfect and I can only tell them that the sole secret is a hearty love of God, and the only way of attaining that love is by loving. You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; and just so you learn to love God and man by loving. Begin as a mere apprentice and the very power of love will lead you on to become a master of the art. — Saint Francis De Sales

My purpose of writing is to express my love for you,
no matter, who you are, where you live or whatever you do. — Debasish Mridha

The female mind is certainly a devious one, my lord."
Vetinari looked at his secretary in surprise. "Well, of course it is. It has to deal with the male one. — Terry Pratchett

Most days I am in public. If I go to the store, with social media, I'm in public. It might as well be a press conference. — Dwyane Wade

Without moral and intellectual independence, there is no anchor for national independence. — David Ben-Gurion

Flo especially took me in hand. When I felt I had to prove the existence of discrimination with statistics, for instance, she pulled me aside. 'If you're lying in the ditch with a truck on your ankle,' she said patiently, 'you don't send someone to the library to find out how much the truck weighs. You get it off! — Gloria Steinem

The so-called language of Barbara Kruger is vernacular language. Obviously, I pick through bits and pieces of it and figure out to some degree how to objectify my experience of the world, using pictures and words that construct and contain me. — Barbara Kruger

Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue. — Sally Ride

You can learn a lot when you play in a little town in Holland or Western Australia, and you learn different things than you would learn playing a big city. — Jonathan Richman

Princess, the whole idea of one grand gesture is bull shit. If
you're with someone who never shows you they care in the little
ways and then they do one huge drastic thing, that's not love,
that's desperation." -Connor Wright — Devon Herrera

I have no desire whatever to reform myself. My only desire is to reform people who try to reform me. And I believe that the only way to reform people is to kill 'em. — Carl Panzram

Aeschylus and Plato are remembered today long after the triumphs of Imperial Athens are gone. Dante outlived the ambitions of thirteenth century Florence. Goethe stands serenely above the politics of Germany, and I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over cities, we too will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit. — John F. Kennedy

History belongs to the victors, legends to the people, fantasy to literature. Only death is certain. — Peter Esterhazy