Gidgette Rubin Quotes & Sayings

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect. — Bruno Bettelheim

Without Jimmy Dean, the Beatles never would have existed. — John Lennon

They're about a woman whose beauty is like a rare flower. There is a man who has a great love for her, a love he's been saving up for his entire life, and it doesn't matter that he must make a great journey to her, and it doesn't matter if their time together is brief, that afterward he might lose her, for she is the flower of his heart and nothing will keep him from her. — Adam Johnson

An intense copper calm, like a universal yellow lotus, was more and more unfolding its noiseless measureless leaves upon the sea. — Herman Melville

A devotee of Truth may not do anything in deference to convention. He must always hold himself open to correction, and whenever he discovers himself to be wrong he must confess it at all costs and atone for it. — Mahatma Gandhi

The thing I don't get about paedophilia ... Why the hell do kids find old men in dirty raincoats so sexy? — Frankie Boyle

The grace of his walk could save me if I am crippled. His name on my lips could be my prayer against the madness of the world. — Cameron Jace

the rocketmen ran for cover. The missiles — Bernard Cornwell

Life is about growth. People are not perfect when they're 21 years old. — Bill Walton

And I would never, ever mock the power of love. But it can also distort. Slip over into desperation and delusion. — Louise Penny

Relaxation is the absence of worry. — Albert Brooks

If we repent, the Lord will forgive us. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war. — William Odom