Jocund Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented. — Andrew Nikiforuk

So can I take pictures of you sometime? ... Not here. Not like this. At this abandoned building I just discovered by the beach. At sunset. I have an idea.' He peeks around the side of the camera. 'And not with your clothes on. Only fair.' His eyes are bright as the devil's. 'Say yes. — Jandy Nelson

I have wrought great use out of evil tools. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

Religion, which was obviously created to give meaning and purpose to people, has become part of the oppression. This is true in both Eastern and Western religious traditions. The Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad were all revolutionaries who critiqued and attempted to dismantle the corrupt societal traditions of their time. Yet their teachings, like most things in human society, have been distorted and co-opted by the confused and power-hungry patriarchal tradition. What were wonce the creation myths of ancient cultures, have become doctrines of oppression. More blood has been spilled and more people oppressed in the name of religion than for any other reason in history. — Noah Levine

We're the noblest savages of all. — Tom McCarthy

The true angler is generally a modest man..... — Thaddeus Norris

I'm always trying to figure out ways to one up everyone, and that's what I love about competitions. I love challenging myself and pushing the envelope. — Ryan Sheckler

It doesn't matter if the Republican or the Democratic candidate wins the governorship [of Hawaii]. Either one is already in the kingdom, — Ed Silvoso

She was beginning to miss him when he wasn't near. — Cornelia Funke

Government needs to stay out of the religion business altogether. — Michael Newdow

In my lifetime, I want to see humanity start being conscious of our waste, the things we buy, and how we can reuse and recycle things. I want people to live harmoniously with our planet. I hope everybody wakes up and appreciates life. — Jason Mraz

Most people ignore most poetry because poetry ignores most people. — Adrian Mitchell

If you want to be a modern citizen of the world, you have to be minimally capable in technology. It's a new literacy test. Technology rules your outcome in life. And software is making a lot of decisions in our lives. — Daniel Suarez

Ask God to make you like David: an intercessor, even in the midst of your own great sins and great needs. — Thomas Goodwin

In the world of creativity, laziness translates into an inability to be rigorous enough to create fearlessly. It makes us plagiarise or water our creativity down to make it more acceptable to the public. — Shah Rukh Khan