Halipan Quotes & Sayings

For what shall I wield a dagger, O Lord?
What can I pluck it out of,
Or plunge it into,
When you are all the world? — Devara Dasimayya

She was worshiping under the blue sky, to the jubilant chanting of the birds. — Jean Webster

Terrorism is the price of empire. If you do not wish to pay the price, you must give up the empire. — Pat Buchanan

It's so pathetic, the tough-guy posturing, but so sinister, because, to put it plainly, that's how black men die. Insecure, pee-pants white men assume that any disagreement is a life-threatening situation. — Lindy West

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen. — Mo Ibrahim

I understand there are some men who are only half here. Let's not say men. Let's say people. People who are more or less obscure at times. — Don DeLillo

Well no, the year's been good enough,' said Hob. 'We grows a lot of food, but we don't rightly know what becomes of it. It's all these "gatherers" and "sharers", I reckon, going round counting and measuring and taking off to storage. They do more gathering than sharing, and we never see most of the stuff again. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Everyday the opportunity exists to change your life. But most days, the idea of having to change the big things in life just seems like too much work. Should I lie on the couch and watch a movie, or shuld I confront my personal demons? — Jill Davis

Interestingly, simple and ordinary experiences often provide the most important learning opportunities we ever have. — David A. Bednar

If I want to realize totality in my consciousness, I have to relate myself to an immense, ludicrous, and painful convulsion of all of humanity. — Georges Bataille

Women will never stop reading books when they can relate to characters and gain insight into their own lives. — Sarah Jo Smith

America faces an enemy who believes in enforced ignorance. And all that we stand for is the open mind, the generous spirit, the ideal of tolerance, freedom, education, opportunity. — David McCullough

The problems that we have in Jamaica are not fundamentally economical but mental, if we changed the way we saw the world then many of us would be better off. Our failures and pitfalls are not because of what others did not do for us but stems from what we are culturally as a people unwilling to do for ourselves. We are a people shackled by our own perceptions.
We are much too given to pessimism, believing that the obeah man oil can kill you too earnestly than how we embrace the anointment of the Pastor's Olive Oil. I guess evil to us is such a strong, pervasive muse. — Crystal Evans

The comfort of browning butter and the excitement of lemon zest. — Sarah Addison Allen

As a child I used to lie on the floor with my eyes tightly closed and hope that people would walk past without noticing me. That would mean I was truly invisible. — Jerzy Kosinski