John Allston Quotes & Sayings

The humans are an arrogant species, defined by violence and greed. They have taken their home planet, the only one they currently have access to, and placed it on the road to destruction. They have created a world of divisions and categories and have continually failed to see the similarities between themselves. They have developed technology at a rate too fast for human psychology to keep up with, and yet they still pursue advancement for advancement's sake, and for the pursuit of the money and fame they all crave so much. — Matt Haig

Silence is not an absence of sound but rather a shifting of attention toward sounds that speak to the soul. — Thomas Moore

With the daguerreotype everyone will be able to have their portrait taken - formerly it was only the prominent - and at the same time everything is being done to make us all look exactly the same, so we shall only need one portrait. — Soren Kierkegaard

Jeans fit the mature male one of two ways, both dirigible in nature. You make a public impression that's either Hindenburg or Goodyear blimp. — P. J. O'Rourke

If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. — Leo Tolstoy

Child mortality [since 2000 is] down by 2.65 million a year. That's a rate of 7,256 children's lives saved each day ... It drives me nuts that most people don't seem to know this news. — Edward De Bono

Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy. — Famke Janssen

Conscience is God's deputy in the soul. — Thomas Adams

If it's dive-bombing you from the air, bury yourself in the sand. It might lose sight of you. Also, no one likes to eat food covered in sand. No one. — Andrew Shaffer

You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps. — Ambrose Bierce

It is in the center of a stable self-love that you will find the confidence and safety you want. — Bryant McGill