Kahea White Quotes & Sayings

When a new idea comes our way, we must put it on our mental scales and weigh it carefully before deciding its value. — Jim Rohn

Organizing the books was a fun afternoon. We decided to put the thick hardback books, mostly intro. to philosophy textbooks and Norton literature anthologies, on the top shelves where they looked good but stayed out of reach since there's no reason for opening them ever again. Then we went by genre: mysteries, cozies, modernists, mountains, sci-fi, beloved childhood volumes, books we bought abroad, books required in school we couldn't sell back, books bought for us we'll read soon, books bought for us we have no intention of reading, books we want to read but are too long for a commitment with our current schedules...We're not really done with this organization, and I doubt we ever will be, but that's one great part about it. — Joshua Isard

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people. — Richard M. Nixon

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction. — Rita Mae Brown

Is the prisoner a prisoner because he lives in a cage or because he knows that he lives in a cage? — Michael Moorcock

When you're in your 20s, your 30s, even, you have - at least, I had - vast ambitions, and you sit around mooning about these things, and you're depressed, because you haven't done them. And it takes you a long time to come to the realization that if you can't be John Updike, well, then, you can't. — Garrison Keillor

Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil. — Thomas Mann

He lives vividly in her recollections, however, and his memory is etched on her soul. — Dean Koontz

I have the impression that the new generation of young people, are coming up on the scene with a sense "ancestorhood", and with more wisdom than was evident before. — Jonas Salk

He grinned lightly at me and I smiled back. Lord I loved this man. His smile was as bright as the sun. — Courtney Cole

My family and my faith are everything to me. — Karen Kingsbury

Illusion is seed of instinct. — Lailah Gifty Akita

One day I shall burst my bud of calm and blossom into hysteria. — Christopher Fry

If this wasn't automotive foreplay, what was? — Ashleigh Raine

Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty. They read the statistics, but they rarely witness at first hand the misery and degradation of life on a dollar a day. — Jonathan Dimbleby