Kaikki Synnit Quotes & Sayings

We used to look at each other and say, 'We play the same game with the same rules, the same bat, the same ball, the same field. What the hell does color have to do with it? You don't play with color. You play with talent.' — Monte Irvin

If Cassie was invalidated because she caught the disease, or because Fred suspected her of it, I can only imagine what he will do to me and to my family if he discovers that the cure did not work perfectly. — Lauren Oliver

The question from agnosticism is, 'who turned on the lights?' The question from faith is 'whatever for?' Thoreau climbed Mount Katahdin and gives vent to an almost outraged sense of the reality of the things of this world: "I fear bodies, I tremble to meet them. What is this Titan that has possession of me? Talk of mysteries- think of our life in nature-daily to be shown matter, to come in contact with it,- rocks, trees, wind! — Annie Dillard

The achievement of dreams demands 100 percent dedication. — Lailah Gifty Akita

That maxim of Descartes: "Question everything!" Question everything! — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and even contrary traditions in creative tension with one another. This diversity of libertarian ideas has created a culture of freedom which is more open and expansive than any unitary tradition alone could possibly be. — David Hackett Fischer

I once heard that when fear takes possession of the heart of a person, it diminishes them — Chigozie Obioma

Preserve your conscience always soft and sensitive. If but one sin force its way into that tender part of the soul and dwell there, the road is paved for a thousand iniquities. — Isaac Watts

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do. — Paul Simon

Life is like a box of chocolates. — Winston Groom

Help the world in any way that you want to. I have found that the more light you give and spread, the more you will evolve. — Frederick Lenz

Indifference was our greatest enemy. — Judah Smith

I'm really incredibly stubborn - you can ask my ex-husband. I think when you tell me 'no', if it's something I really want, I'm just going to push harder. — Kathryn Stockett

You need to have a home to go back to, whether it's a hotel room or a barn. It's only home when he's there. — Genevieve Gorder

Above all I ask leaders and legislators and the entire international community above all to confront the reality of those who have been displaced by force, with effective projects and new approaches in order to protect their dignity, to improve the quality of their life and to face the challenges that are emerging from modern forms of persecution, oppression and slavery. — Pope Francis