Jackling Quotes & Sayings

Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener. — Nanci Griffith

The Hamas organization is explicitly dedicated to the destruction of Israel. That is not a rhetorical gimmick; it is its declared unwavering primary goal. — James Howard Kunstler

Social entrepreneurs come from all levels of society and from communities in nearly every country of the world. They all share the same underlying drive and passion to see their ideas through. Many of them have had a huge effect on the world, yet most people have not even heard of them - a trend we hope to change! — Jeffrey Skoll

I would say that not many German people are still alive, who experienced what happened during the third reich. We don't have to go to the Stasi, we can go to the Gestapo, and see what happens, when your human rights, your ability to a freedom of expression and a freedom of thought is infringed upon. This is terribly, terribly dangerous territory. — Ray McGovern

Never trust second thoughts. Next thing you know there'll be a third and a fourth ... you'll be thinking forever! — Richard Fish

You need a negative charge and a positive one to get something moving. We've got the negative; we're going to find the positive if it kills us. — Joan Bauer

You have to learn to love the small things in life, like a hot bath. You have to love the small things, when you've nothing else. — Anonymous

Now it is a noticeable fact that we do not much mind what men think of us, or what humiliating secret they discover of our means, parentage, or object, provided that each thinks and acts thereupon in isolation. It is the exchange of ideas about us that we dread most; and the possession by a hundred acquaintances, severally insulated, of the knowledge of our skeleton-closet's whereabouts, is not so distressing to the nerves as a chat over it by a party of half-a-dozen - exclusive depositaries though these may be. — Thomas Hardy

But there was nothing, and never would be. Learning that was one thing. Living with it, another entirely. Careful — Mick Herron

We should celebrate more often politicians who stand up and say things that are unpopular. — Philip Davies

Time is a child playing a game of draughts; the kingship is in the hands of a child. — Heraclitus

In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains. — J. B. Pritzker

Studies have shown that the terms girl and lady have pejorative connotations: They conjure images of someone weaker and lazier; someone more nervous, afraid, dependent, immature, and inconsiderate; someone less sexy, intelligent, and certainly less charismatic than 'woman.' Indeed, the term woman is overwhelmingly interpreted as more favorable and is most often used to describe adult females who deserve respect. — Pat Heim

I always say, 'Thank goodness 'Wimpy Kid' was a comedy because my singing in that was more humorous than professional.' — Devon Bostick

New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place. — Louise Nurding