Happy Birthday Amigo Quotes & Sayings

It is not cynical to admit the past has been turned into a fiction. It is a story, not a fact. The real has been erased. Whole eras have been added or removed. Wars have been aggrandized, and human struggle relegated to the margins. Villains are redressed as heroes. Generous, striving, imperfect men and women have been stripped of their flaws or plucked of their virtues and turned into figurines of morality or depravity. Whole societies have been fixed with motive and visions and equanimity where there was none. Suffering has been recast as noble sacrifice! Do you know why the history of the Tower is in such turmoil? Because too many powerful men are fighting for the pen, fighting to write their story over our dead bodies. They know what is at stake: immortality, the character of civilization, and influence beyond the ages. They are fighting to see who gets to mislead our grandchildren. — Josiah Bancroft

You know what I hate about rock? I hate tie-dyed tee shirts. I wouldn't wear a tie-dyed tee shirt unless it was dyed with the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia. — Kurt Cobain

It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all Americans would, they have no actual policy to achieve that goal - and they subordinate it to all their other policy goals. — Elliott Abrams

Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Recent events lead me to believe the world is like that, too
people are the individual fragments, but we are also part of the whole mirror. We are connected, not only to one another but also to the fabric of the universe. — Wendy Mass

A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their human rights and dignities. That we humans can help each other is one of our unique human capacities. — Dalai Lama

This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible. — Amy Dickinson

I'm going to teach you to ride Princess."
"Princess?"
"My motorcycle."
I laugh. "You named your motorcycle Princess?"
"What can I say?" he teases. "I call all my favorite things princess. — Tera Lynn Childs

Philosophers.-We are full of things which take us out of ourselves. — Blaise Pascal

The kind of people who can assemble huge crowds into one spot will be the major influences on mass culture in the next decade. The rock enthusiasts have created some of the most exciting theatrical events on the planet. — Jim Morrison

The face of an innocent child is just a mask; if not properly taken care of, a beast can just be unleashed". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

My life is four walls of missed opportunities poured in concrete molds. — Tahereh Mafi

The object is to try to get the (movie) system to work for you, instead of against you. And the only way you can do it is through success, I'm afraid. — George Lucas

The whole life story of Jesus, on the human side, is the life story of One who lived by faith. — G. Campbell Morgan

We are really pleased with our revenues but our goal isn't to make money. It sounds a little flippant, but it's the truth. Our goal and what makes us excited is to make great products. If we are successful people will like them and if we are operationally competent, we will make money, — Jonathan Ive