Graddie Peoples Quotes & Sayings

I was so inspired by Dr. King that in 1956, with some of my brothers and sisters and first cousins - I was only 16 years old - we went down to the public library trying to check out some books, and we were told by the librarian that the library was for whites only and not for colors. It was a public library. — John Lewis

I'm a Christian, but I'm not a puritan. I believe in pleasure and orgiastic pleasure has its place, intellectual pleasure has its place, social pleasure has its place, televisual pleasure has its place [in life]. — Cornel West

I think there could be more experimentation if car companies didn't have to make such huge volumes. If you're making 300,000 vehicles, you have to play it safe. Ultimately, the companies want to make customized cars, and they are all working on ways to do that. Experiments with structural systems are usually about that. — Charles Pelly

It is only through love, tolerance, humility and the understanding of our own fragility that we can begin to find our humanity and, in turn, extend that humanity to others. — Tosha Michelle

But the false serpent persuaded Adam that he must still do something to become like God: he must achieve that likeness by deciding and acting for himself ... He wanted instead to unravel the mystery of his being for himself, to make himself what God had already made him. That was the Fall of man. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

For experience teacheth me that straight trees have crooked roots. — John Lyly

Dissimulation is the only thing that makes society possible; without its amenities the world would be a bear-garden. — Ouida

Oh, those Maddox boys," Ellison said, — Jamie McGuire

An artist can't let madness stop him from making art, he simply has to channel it. — Christopher Moore

Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters. — C.S. Lewis

The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure. — Muriel Spark

Sex and violence ... are the two great engines of the world. — James Carlos Blake

When I had troubles, I'd go out with basketball - you can do it by yourself, too. So you'd go out and shoot, and you'd fantasize. — Mike Krzyzewski

I love the cause that slew me — Emily Dickinson

Do you think me horselike, my lord?"
Realizing the threat to his personage, Blackmoor wiped the smile from his face and replied, "Not at all. I said I think you charming."
"A fine start."
"And I appreciate your exuberance." His eyes glitered with barely contained laughter.
"Like that of a child." Hers sparkled with irritation.
"And, of course, you are entertaining."
"Excellent. Like the aforementioned child's toy."
He couldn't hide a chuckle. "Not at all. You are a far better companion than any of the toys I had as a child."
"Oh, I am most flattered."
"You should be. I had some tremendous toys. — Sarah MacLean