Impuissance In A Sentence Quotes & Sayings

Because of the control of the media by corporate wealth, the discovery of truth depends on an alternative media, such as small radio stations, networks, programs. Also, alternative newspapers, which exist all over the country. Also, cable TV programs, which are not dependent on commercial advertising. Also, the internet, which can reach millions of people by-passing the conventional media. — Howard Zinn

It's spider season. Every year, right about now, thousands of the godless eight-legged bastards emerge from the bowels of hell (or the garden, whichever's nearest) with the sole intention of tormenting humankind. — Charlie Brooker

Rarely does one see a squirrel tremble. — Zadie Smith

You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer. — Paul Haggis

How warm I feel. How icredibly alive and vibrant and heedless every last inch of me feels next to you. — Becca Fitzpatrick

What good your beautiful proof on the transcendence of Pi: Why investigate such problems, given that irrational numbers do not even exist? — Leopold Kronecker

People with purpose don't let obstacles get in their way. — Greg Parry

I was silently reciting to myself the 23rd Psalm, 'The Lord is my shepherd; I shal not want ... ' [ ... ] The man with the tinted spectacles and the man from the police department were looking at me thoughtfully. They mistook my silence as a sign of weakening. I knew I had to show courage. In fact, I felt much better for having recited the words of the psalm. I had not been so free of fear the whole evening as I was in that moment standing beside the black jeep, a symbol of repression. I lifted my head and said in a loud and firm voice, 'I'm not guilty! I have nothing to confess. — Nien Cheng

There is no such thing as the Queen's English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares! — Mark Twain

And you have a bad habit of pretending like you don't need people." There was a bite in his tone. "I'm not sorry I kissed you. — Jennifer Wilson

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news. — Aaron Brown

Everyone rises to their level of incompetence. — Laurence J. Peter

Step by step they were led to things which dispose to vice, the lounge, the bath, the elegant banquet. All this in their ignorance they called civilisation, when it was but a part of their servitude. — Tacitus

We all want peace. Unfortunately, there are times when peace must be defended by fighting terror and tyranny. — James H. Douglas Jr.