Julia Louisa Lovejoy Quotes & Sayings

With no blame there's no shame. A human society can't exist without shame. Shame is like handedness or walking upright. It's a central human attribute. In fact, it's the first human quality ever recorded.'
'Where?'
'Genesis, Chapter Three. The covering of nakedness. The acquisition of shame was the first consequence of consciousness, of the speciating moment. Take shame from me and you are calling me pre-human. — Sebastian Faulks

What is the meaning of having more than one wife when threesome is not allowed? — M.F. Moonzajer

The light played across the planes of his strong hands and forearms, allowing her to note the minuscule shifting of muscles signaling his next move. His shapely fingers moved with practical ease, and he unclasped the belt. The kilt dropped. — Angela Quarles

I would like to do away with all kind of - all weapons. A dream - totally. Including the bow an arrow. — Malachy McCourt

In recent years, perhaps encouraged by competition from McDonald's, the British hamburger has become a credit to the nation. At the time of which I speak, it looked like a scorched beer-coaster or a tenderized disc brake. — Clive James

According to the telephone poll, a full 40 percent of black women felt that the use of physical force was appropriate in a marriage. And black women especially could not abide Marcia Clark. — Jeffrey Toobin

But do we really think about it deeply or do we just ultimately do what we're supposed to do? What our parents want us to do? What society wants us to do? — Matthew Quick

In some ways, Israel has achieved a peace. There are fewer rockets being sent into Sderot, there are no rockets to speak of from the North, there has been very little terrorism from the West Bank. It's a kind of peace. I hope for a better and more enduring peace. Peace is not an endgame; we will never be completely at peace. — Alan Dershowitz

The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past ... The writing of history liberates us from history. — Benedetto Croce

Real faith is never something that can be forced by the state. It's something that either be encouraged and smiled upon or discouraged and frowned-upon. Or, simply crushed — Eric Metaxas

You're a powerful man,' she went on. 'And it's not only to do with your money or your title. You have the ability to make people feel valued, when you're not making them feel like rubbish. — Tessa Dare

Because widespread participation is so central to popular sovereignty, we can say that the less political participation there is in a society, the weaker the democracy. — Edward S. Greenberg

You know, the usual story. Once upon a time I was playing my harp by a spring when a fairy appeared out of nowhere, handed me a Beretta Model 92, and told me to shoot the white rabbit over there for target practice. — Haruki Murakami

Evil is impotent and has no power but that which we let it extort from us. — John Galt