Grotta Di Quotes & Sayings

The power of a bold idea uttered publicly in defiance of dominant opinion cannot be easily measured. Those special people who speak out in such a way as to shake up not only the self-assurance of their enemies, but the complacency of their friends, are precious catalysts for change. — Howard Zinn

Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left. — Jim Fowler

We're not a political band. We don't want to tell people what to do or what to think. We just want to tell them to think. — Billie Joe Armstrong

You can learn something from everyone in 'Game of Thrones,' whether it is something you learn not to do or something you learn to do. — Isaac Hempstead-Wright

Nothing is out of reach for Jesus. — Stasi Eldredge

Some people habitually wear sadness, like a garment, and think it a becoming grace. God loves a cheerful worshipper. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Being a successful CEO, where I've driven a bottom line, assembled teams, driven results, that's a critical benefit to running the state government. — Bruce Rauner

The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else. — H.L. Mencken

The only security for the American people today, or for any people, is to be found through the control of force rather than the use of force. — Norman Cousins

To talk with God, no breath is lost. Talk on! To walk with God, no strength is lost. Walk on! To wait on God, no time is lost. Wait on! — E. Stanley Jones

self-annihilation is necessary for high art — Kunal Sen

Does that count as an argument? Can we kiss and make up now?"
"It was only half an argument."
"Fine. Then, you kiss and I'll make up."
I laughed until he effectively shut me up with his lips. — Colleen Houck

I'm not a selfish actor. I believe that it's a team effort. You're not in a scene by yourself. — Taraji P. Henson