John Riddell Quotes & Sayings

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom. — Jim Hightower

So the ethic I was taught in school resulted in the path I chose in my life following school. — Kevin Mitnick

When God works miracles, he does not do it in order to supply the wants of nature, but those of grace. Whoever thinks otherwise, must needs have a very mean notion of the wisdom and power of God. — Gottfried Leibniz

I was very fierce and very driven at eighteen. But my basic philosophy I think has stayed the same, I'm still an atheist, I still believe strongly in the power of free will (despite the mysticism in my prose). I don't believe in the notion of a pre-ordained destiny, and I think because of the sudden death of my father at sixteen I learnt then that it is essential to live life to the fullest as it could be snatched away at any second. — Tobsha Learner

There will be light in your eyes only if there are dreams in your heart. — Liu Shiying

Oh dear, is that a skunk?" Leonora asked.
"No," Alessandro gasped in horror. "No the smelly cat!"
"I've told you, Alessandro darling, they aren't cats."
"They look like cats. Like the big fluffy cat she's been stepped on and flattened to a big fluffy pancake cat," Alessandro argued. — Lynsay Sands

Crazier than a bag full of crazy? — Lisa Mantchev

How the fuck do I know that my better is anything more than the great big fat lie we tell ourselves to justify the slow fat nothing of our days. — Claire North

Our kids aren't an annuity for our retirement, social system, or medical frailty. — Henry Cloud

I write to make sense of things that don't make sense to me. — Daphne Gottlieb

I tumble over and over, till the force of the deluge carries me away, out the door and into the passage. Photos of my family tumble from the wall and are swallowed by the sea. Her mouth opens and closes as she calls my name, but I'm already out of reach. — S.A. Partridge

Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each and every one of us. It assumes we only care about ourselves. — Allen West

Join the crazed institution of the stars. — Jethro Tull