Iranian Song Mansur Quotes & Sayings

Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all. — Michael Parenti

Sometimes, you must play by the rules. If only so one can break them more effectively. — Maya Rodale

The Vandy said that real witches escaped trial by water by pretending to drown, then freeing themselves with their powers. So she wants you to sink, then save yourself."
"I think I can manage the sinking part," I muttered. "The rest ... not so sure."
"You'll be fine," he said. "And if you're not up in a few minutes, I'll save you. — Rachel Hawkins

Wisdom is not to be found in the art of oratory, or in great books, but in a withdrawal from these sensible things and in a turning to the most simple and infinite forms. You will learn how to receive it into a temple purged from all vice, and by fervent love to cling to it until you may taste it and see how sweet That is which is all sweetness. Once this has been tasted, all things which you now consider as important will appear as vile, and you will be so humbled that no arrogance or other vice will remain in you. Once having tasted this wisdom, you will inseparably adhere to it with a chaste and pure heart. You will choose rather to forsake this world and all else that is not of this wisdom, and living with unspeakable happiness you will die. — Nicolaus Cusanus

I may not have been the best Yankee to put on the pinstripes, but I am the proudest. — Billy Martin

We need to put people on the bench that understand the Constitution is not a living and breathing document. It is to be interpreted as originally meant. — Marco Rubio

If I had been Terry Pratchett the farmer, or Terry Pratchett the dentist, nobody would have paid any attention if I had announced I had Alzheimer's. But there is something fascinating about an author losing the power over words. — Terry Pratchett

Let the little fairy in you fly! — Rufus Wainwright

I don't even know how to use a semicolon to this day; I use a comma every time. And you know what? If I email somebody and they get upset about me using a comma instead of a semicolon, that's not a person I want to work with anyway. And that's how you weed people out of your life. — Hannibal Buress

I used myself, let nothing use me.
Like being on a private dole,
sometimes more like cutting bricks in Egypt.
What life there was, was mine,
now and again to lay
one hand on a warm brick
and touch the sun's ghost
with economical joy. — Adrienne Rich

Americans love our shoes and us Brits love that we can always pick up a bargain when in the US. — Lisa Snowdon

Most people who succeed in life have no clue that what they are trying to achieve is impossible. — John Avery

Why did you do this for me? I never did anything for you. — E.B. White

I'm bisexual, but it's not the sort of thing I spent a lot of time thinking about ... I've slept with girls; I've slept with guys, so I guess that's what they call it! I'm not anti trying to use language to simplify our lives. — Amanda Palmer