Hieke De Jong Quotes & Sayings

All the women knitted. They knitted worthless things; but, the mechanical work was a mechanical substitute for eating and drinking; the hands moved for the jaws and the digestive apparatus: if the bony fingers had been still, the stomachs would have been more famine-pinched. — Charles Dickens

How can I tell what I think until I see what I say? — David Markson

You better not compromise yourself, it's all you've got. — Janis Joplin

My home is your blood, your tongue, your laughter, your earth and hands, always your hands. — Gwen Calvo

Have you been listening to the music that many young folks are hearing today? Some of it is nerve-jamming in nature and much of it has been deliberately designed to promote revolution, dope, immorality, and a gap between parent and child. And some of this music has invaded our Church cultural halls.

Have you noticed some of our Church dances lately? Have they been praiseworthy, lovely, and of good report? (Article of Faith 13.) "I doubt," said President McKay, "whether it is possible to dance most of the prevalent fad dances in a manner to meet LDS standards. — Ezra Taft Benson

One must never underestimate the profound bigotry and anti-intellectualism and intolerance and illiberality of liberalism. — Richard John Neuhaus

Each of us, I had written, constructs and lives a "narrative" and is defined by this narrative. — Oliver Sacks