Izamportal Quotes & Sayings

I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia ... and ... with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point. — Thomas Jefferson

Referring to a mask as a law of nature is another way of saying that it cannot be escaped or transcended; there is no getting beyond or beneath it. But when Deleuze describes the intention of interpretation, we find it is 'an art of piercing masks, of discovering the one that masks himself, why he does it and the point of keeping up the mask while it is being reshaped'." The Nietzschean-inspired disavowal of ideology is based on the claim that critique is only an ongoing series of interpretations where masks give way to nothing but more of their own. Deleuze's instruction is to pierce masks so that motivations and strategies can be discovered, whether they belong to subjects or to a particular manifestation of power. The obvious implication is that the appearance of a mask obscures other qualities that are potentially more fundamental than just another mask. — John Grant

Easy to not think about other people's suffering, when it was hidden away. Harder to stomach when it collapsed on your front porch. — Kat Zhang

I can feel what you're feeling now - and you are worth it. — Stephenie Meyer

It is said that there are three stages of life for those of us who live our lives in circles. These are rejection, exploration, and acceptance. — Claire North

We're [as parents] striving for an unattainable, inauthentic shell, and ignoring the real nut, the gooey inside: love, laughter, and fulfillment from simple things. — Julie Lythcott-Haims

Technology advances at exponential rates, and human institutions and societies do not. They adapt at much slower rates. Those gaps get wider and wider. — Mitch Kapor

I would not be comfortable appearing in a country where they have permitted the destruction of such beautiful and intelligent animals. — Olivia Newton-John

Guilt is a lazy feeling that takes no action; the wings of integrity are the only thing that sets it free. — Shannon L. Alder

I'm just thankful for everything, all the blessings in my life, trying to stay that way. I think that's the best way to start your day and finish your day. It keeps everything in perspective. — Tim Tebow

The real tragedy of human existence is not that we are nasty by nature, but that a cruel structural asymmetry grants to rare events of meanness such power to shape our history. — Stephen Jay Gould

To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy. — Aung San Suu Kyi

Trying to fill the God-sized hole in our hearts with things other than God is like trying to fill the Grand Canyon with marbles. — Peter Kreeft