Good John Kramer Quotes & Sayings

Eventually, I came to understand that a group of people who wield enormous power happen, oddly enough, to espouse some of the very same ideals imparted to me by people in Africa and central Asia who have no power at all. The reason for this, in my view, is that members of the armed forces have worked on the ground-in many cases, during three or four tours of duty-on a level that very few diplomats, academicians, journalists, or policy makers can match. And among other things, this experience has imbued soldiers with the gift of empathy. — Greg Mortenson

You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders - and their funders are not all of us - our system will not work — Lawrence Lessig

One was born a certain sort of person, and though by ceasless struggle one might become as nice as that sort of person ever is, one could never become as nice as a nicer sort of person. — Elizabeth Goudge

This country is being managed to death, being public related to death. — Kurt Vonnegut

And don't you let your guard down for a second because you think anything's inevitable. — Suzanne Collins

The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias. — Loretta Lynch

I remember staring up at the stars, feeling myself disappear into their infinite depths as the ground gently swayed and lurched around me like the deck of a huge ship. — Jojo Moyes

I was innocent but certain, now I'm wiser but unsure. — Howard Ashman

Apparently the only thing worse than a terrorist attack, is a gay man stopping it! — Jon Stewart

The brain-mind is not a computer, and regarding it as one has led to a variety of theoretical dead ends. — Siri Hustvedt

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education. — Sandra Day O'Connor

Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need. I live more simply now, and with more peace. — Richard E. Byrd

My life is singing. I don't plan on retiring. I plan to die on a stage. I can have a headache but when it's time to sing and I step on that stage there is no more headache. — Celia Cruz

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. — Martha Beck

I care for riches, to make gifts. — Euripides