Imminente Quotes & Sayings

Christians tell me that they have a higher destiny than the lower animals, because Homo Sapiens can reason. But the Bible tells me that this gift of reason, which they call god-given, may be the match that lights the fires of hell for all who dare to use it, since whatever is not of faith is sin. — Ruth Hurmence Green

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature. — Julia Alvarez

Why was the judgment of the disapproving so valuable? — Shannon Hale

The thing about secrets is that they are usually best kept by just one person. That was the special thing about secrets. Some people seemed to think that the best way to keep a secret was to tell as many people as possible; what could possibly go wrong for a secret when there were so many people defending it? — Terry Pratchett

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes. — Barbara Kruger

With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. — Johnny Weissmuller

If Americans actually have the conversation about our disastrous prison policies, we'll understand the trends all move in very dangerous directions: we lock up more people, for less violent crime, at ever greater expense, breeding more dangerous criminals who often come out unemployable, violent and isiolated. — Dahlia Lithwick

I'm probably more dangerous in a car than I am on a motorbike; on a bike I'm very mindful of the fact that if you make a mistake, you're dead. — James McAvoy

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

The investment game is getting more and more competitive. — Charlie Munger

the problem at this point is that there is a problem. — Captain Obvious

Myths are like the beams in a house: not exposed to outside view, they are the structure which holds the house together so people can live in it. — Rollo May