Good Free Spirited Quotes & Sayings

On the way from mythology to logistics thought has lost the element of self-reflection and today machinery disables men even as it nurtures them. — Theodor W. Adorno

Freedom demands that we struggle for an extension of both equality and free expression, not regard one as inimical to the other. — Kenan Malik

Blood is that fragile scarlet tree we carry within us. — Osbert Sitwell

Rwanda has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same. — Paul Kagame

Those small moments of pleasure men get from sin, from defying God, are perhaps grace - His final gift still to those who hard-heartedly choose to deny Him. Godless men may blatantly enjoy offending God not because they are free-spirited, but on the whole because He moves them to enjoy it. Sin is, in a sense, still touching God: for a strike involves a touch. Perhaps this is His divine kindness. Faithful men find everlasting fulfillment in His good company; but godless men who strike at the Author of Joy, who are completely ignorant of the greater, for them - and by God's love for His enemies - there is yet this small recoil known as 'pleasure' before the fall. — Criss Jami

I also could see myself as a stand-up comedian, a fashion designer (for people of all sizes), a hairdresser, an earnest and eventually burnt-out politician, or the owner of a small bistro. But I fear that, without poetry, I would have simply been going through the motions. — Denise Duhamel

The analysts try in vain to conceal the fact that they do not deduce: they combine, they compose ... when they do arrive at the truth they stumble over it after groping their way along. — Evariste Galois

The dead person once had a life! This is a misery? — Lailah Gifty Akita

It is most unusual to return to a place that has changed in ways you yourself have altered. — Nelson Mandela

We rich people have been falsely persuaded by our schooling and the affirmation of society, and have convinced ourselves, that we are the main job creators. It's simply not true. — Nick Hanauer

I'm in a rage all of the time. — Francine Prose

Most writers seem to prefer the morning, or they feel at their best in the morning. Ideas are popping into your head while you're in the shower. And that's true for me, as well. — Garry Trudeau

Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable. — John Lennon

I start by using Chinese and many of the sounds of other languages are similar. — Andy Lau

Most actors want to sink their teeth into amazing material. — Emmanuelle Chriqui

Silicon Valley is not a perfect meritocracy, but it is open to all who are highly motivated. For example, there is a dearth of women, Hispanics, and African Americans in Silicon Valley. — Deborah Perry Piscione