Josif Vissarionovich Quotes & Sayings

He was agitated for some reason that he could not name. (page 35) — Kate DiCamillo

Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished. — Swami Vivekananda

Holden found one helpless little hand that closed feebly on his finger. And the clutch ran through his body till it settled about his heart. Till then his sole thought had been for Ameera. He began to realise that there was some one else in the world, ... — Rudyard Kipling

You are only as sick as your secrets. — Kevin Powers

I sit and write songs alone and then get together with people to help me flesh it out into a recording. — James Mercer

Right and wrong are superstitions; your desires, however, are real. Those who cannot achieve their desires, or who despair of doing so, often compensate by constructing imaginary frameworks. For example, if you wish to live in a world in which no one exploits animals, it is moralism to judge those who eat meat immoral instead of setting about disabling the animal exploitation industry. People retreat into moralism as a sort of consolation prize, for it is easier to rule in the realm of good and evil, fictitious as it may be, than to come to terms with our limited leverage upon this world and yet persist in endeavoring to change it. — CrimethInc.

Nixon finding areas of agreement with his Democratic adviser, as when Pat writes to him, "I do not know, but strongly suspect, that especially to working-class America, the misbehavior of [college] students is seen as a form of class privilege. Which it is. — Stephen Hess

All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that. — Alex Morrison

A Unitarian is a person who believes in at most one God. — Alfred North Whitehead