Hap Arnold Quotes & Sayings

I've often mused over the idea that madness is actually a sane reaction to an insane world. — Stephanie Ericsson

We've had a great change. Dr King saw to that. I was so grateful to see the 'colored only' signs come off the water fountains and bathrooms in the south. But the struggle lives on. — Mavis Staples

In philosophy, when we make use of false principles, we depart the farther from the knowledge of truth and wisdom exactly in proportion to the care with which we cultivate them, and apply ourselves to the deduction of diverse consequences from them, thinking that we are philosophizing well, while we are only departing the farther from the truth; from which it must be inferred that they who have learned the least of all that has been hitherto distinguished by the name of philosophy are the most fitted for the apprehension of truth. — Rene Descartes

There's no way to tweak your content in order to goose ratings. You do what you're good at and let people follow you. — Rachel Maddow

We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity. — Mike Newlin

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time. — Linda Sue Park

Judge not the value of a friend by the number of boy- or girlfriends they helped you get. But by the number of books they've recommended to you. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Harry resumed the patting of his elbow, saying as he did so (for the potion seemed to indicate that it was the right thing to do), — J.K. Rowling

Robert had little patience with these introspective bouts of mine. He never seemed to question his artistic drives, and by his example, I understood that what matters is the work: the string of words propelled by God becoming a poem, the weave of color and graphite scrawled upon the sheet that magnifies His motion. To achieve within the work a perfect balance of faith and execution. From this state of mind comes a light, life-charged. — Patti Smith

The business of beauty isn't a natural model;
It's built to be the opposite of the cultures we topple.
These magazines got you caught in a hustle,
Cause when you starve yourself, your body doesn't burn fat, it burns muscles. — Immortal Technique

Keep your eye fixed on the way to the top, but don't forget to look right in front of you. The last step depends on the first. Don't think you're there just because you see the summit. Watch your footing, be sure of the next step, but don't let that distract you from the highest goal. The first step depends on the last. — Rene Daumal

Gifts have ribbons, not strings. — Vanna Bonta