Heysilkyskin Quotes & Sayings

To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself. — Anthony Trollope

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it. — Annie Lennox

A tendency to resume the same mode of action at stated times is peculiarly the characteristic of the nervous system; and on this account regularity is of great consequence in exercising the moral and intellectual power. All nervous diseases have a marked tendency to observe regular periods; and the natural inclination to sleep at the approach of night is another instance of the same fact. — George Combe

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. — Henry Adams

It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics. — Asghar Farhadi

There was a fascinating handmade poster scene in Chicago in the '90s, and I became friends with many of the artists; the posters were often more impressive than the bands. — Andrew Bird

The Hollywood version of the War of Independence is a straightforward fight between heroic Patriots and wicked, Nazi-like Redcoats. The reality was quite different. This was indeed a civil war which divided social classes and even families. And the worst of the violence did not involve regular British troops, but was perpetrated by rebel colonists against their countrymen who remained loyal to the crown. — Niall Ferguson

I know my children will never have to say, 'Mom died of ovarian cancer.' — Angelina Jolie