Forceinline Quotes & Sayings

As a tactic, violence is absurd. No one can compete with the Government in violence, and the resort to violence, which will surely fail, will simply frighten and alienate some who can be reached, and will further encourage the ideologists and administrators of forceful repression. — Noam Chomsky

Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to luminous chaos. Loving the power of grammar and the fine distinctions of language, I seek the part of the mind I didn't know was there, the part 'sheer,' 'no-manfathomed,' 'cliffs of fall. — Janet Burroway

When you're turning the crankset, you're riding the bike. When you're coasting, you're just along for the ride. — Ned Overend

When we are cut off from the fulfillment of our basic needs we seek out substitutes to temporarily ease the longing. Bereft of connection to nature, connection to community, intimacy, meaningful self-expression, ensouled dwellings and built environment, spiritual connection, and the feeling of belonging, lots of us over-consume, overeat, over-shop, and over-accumulate. How much do you need to eat, to compensate for a feeling of not belonging? How much pornography to compensate for a deficit of intimacy? How much money to compensate for a deep sense of insecurity? No amount is enough — Charles Einstein

There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle. — Robert Alden

Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. — Laurie Halse Anderson

Mental illness, depression, was indeed an illness with a physiological basis. It wasn't a sign of failure. I wasn't a failure. — Rachel Reiland

Ordinances and covenants become our credentials for admission into His presence. To worthily receive them is the quest of a lifetime; to keep them thereafter is the challenge of mortality. — Boyd K. Packer

I can find every jacket under the sun that I like. But I cannot find trousers cut the way I want them. They're all really tight at the bottom. Nobody does a boot cut on a trouser leg. It drives me crazy. — Jay Kay

Americans are quite skeptical about the goal of promoting democracy. People feel it's a desirable goal, but, from a commonsense point of view, both Republicans and Democrats have come to the conclusion that democracy is something that countries can only come to on their own. — Daniel Yankelovich

Mirren pulled the knife blade across the vampire's throat before he could answer. Two more strokes and it was done. Sometimes, one didn't need a sword to take a head. Rage and a good, sharp knife worked just fine. — Susannah Sandlin

Times of transition are strenuous, but I love them. They are an opportunity to purge, rethink priorities, and be intentional about new habits. We can make our new normal any way we want. — Kristin Armstrong

And since Rebecca already placed your order five minutes ago, I can only assume that this was an excuse to check out my rack. All done? — Jeanette Battista

[L]ike the lake, my serenity is rippled but not ruffled. — Henry David Thoreau

There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book. — Christopher Morley