General Armistead Quotes & Sayings

Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't bring their cherished theories into question or they focus on it with laserlike intensity and try to get to the bottom of the mystery. — Deborah Harkness

I who am the beauty of the green earth and the white moon among the stars and the mystery of the waters, I call upon your soul to arise, and to come unto me, for I am the soul of nature, that gives life to the universe, from me all things proceed, and unto me all things must return, but for those who would seek to worship me, let them do so with joy in their hearts for all acts of love and of pleasure are my rituals, let them develop within them the qualities of compassion, kindness, humility, love, understanding. But for those who seek to know me, let them know that if all they are seeking and they are yearning it will avail them not until they learn the great mystery that which you seek you find not within yourself you'll never find it without. For I am that which is attained at the end of all suffering. I am she of a thousand names. — The Empress

These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. — George W. Bush

Close friends love you for who you are; not what they want you to be. — Ted Rall

He who has acquired the ability, may wait securely the occasion of making it felt and appreciated, and know that it will not loiter. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

But governments and officials are not very good shepherds. — Rebecca Solnit

I don't believe there is such thing as a just or unjust war; there are avoidable and unavoidable wars. Sometimes you have no choice but to go to war. — Mike Hoffman

She used to grip me so tightly that the only way I could put her down was to pry her loose, one digit at a time. For two years, I had bruises from her fingers and toes all over my body. — Karen Joy Fowler

Of our jobs are bad jobs, but they're the kind held by people in the background. People who are getting by. People who don't play pool that well. — Michael Marshall Smith

All Catholics must ask themselves what they personally have done lately to build up the holiness of the church and ensure people feel welcomed and loved in it. — Pope Francis

I believe that within every one of us is a woman of undiscovered beauty, a woman who is charming and talented and light of heart — Sarah Strohmeyer