German Unification 1871 Quotes & Sayings

An empowered person will recognize that they have agreed to the reality presented. — Rebekah Elizabeth Gamble

You can't shoot an idea. — Thomas E. Dewey

Who sat in darkness and in fear seemed to answer a vague and persistent question that haunted [Nwoye's] young soul
the question of the twins crying in the bush and the question of Ikemefuna who was killed. He felt a relief within as the hymn poured into his parched soul. — Chinua Achebe

Obviously, Turkey is not a typical authoritarian regime, and obviously it's very important that there are free elections. But it's also obvious that this is not a liberal, mature democracy. This is why I call Turkey a wobbly democracy. At any time, it can tip over and fall down. — Elif Safak

Sometimes we're so concerned about giving our children what we never had growing up, we neglect to give them what we did have growing up. — James Dobson

Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partizans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Now to act with integrity, according to that strength of mind and body with which our creator hath endowed each of use, appears necessary for all. — John Woolman

Since the choice of what we curl up with is often crucial for our solace and sanity, we need to learn how to nurture the talent of selection. Book browsing is a meditative art ... Books are as essential as breathing. — Sarah Ban Breathnach

The important thing is the storytelling and having a script that makes you feel you're living and breathing through the characters. — Jessie Mueller

I was influenced by autobiographical writers like Henry Miller, and I had actually done some autobiographical prose. But I just thought that comics were like virgin territory. There was so much to be done. It excited me. I couldn't draw very well. I could write scripts and storyboard style using stick figures and balloons and captions. — Harvey Pekar

It's not that you expect anything in particular from this particular book. You're the sort of person who, on principle, no longer expects anything of anything. — Italo Calvino

Frustration is an important directional arrow. It shows you where to go to move forward. And what to move away from. — Julie Connor

Let us then cast ourselves at the feet of this good Mother, and embracing them let us not depart until she blesses us, and accepts us for her children. — Bernard Of Clairvaux