Kamiel Spiessens Quotes & Sayings

Since all social orders and hierarchies are imagined, they are all fragile, and the larger the society, the more fragile it is. The crucial historical role of religion has been to give superhuman legitimacy to these fragile structures. Religions assert that our laws are not the result of human caprice, but are ordained by an absolute and supreme authority. This helps place at least some fundamental laws beyond challenge, thereby ensuring social stability. — Yuval Noah Harari

When the forms of an old culture are dying,
the new culture is created by a few people who are not afraid to be insecure. — Rudolf Bahro

I told my fans online how I hated my squeaky office chair. One day, a fan sent me a new chair. It was crazy! I still use the chair today. Pretty awesome. — Austin Mahone

We see but in dreams the ideal. — Henri Cazalis

Giving up on your dreams, that's the only way to truly fail! — Doug Robbins

Poetry, from describing external events objectively, is becoming subjectified into a poetry of personal conscious expression. — Julian Jaynes

I am a Black revolutionary woman, and because of this i have been charged with and accused of every alleged crime in which a woman was believed to have participated. The alleged crimes in which only men were supposedly involved, i have been accused of planning. They have plastered pictures alleged to be me in post offices, airports, hotels, police cars, subways, banks, television, and newspapers. They have offered . rewards for my capture and they have issued orders to shoot on sight and shoot to kill. — Assata Shakur

I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school. — Desmond Dekker

You can fall, but you can rise also. — Angelique Kidjo

How wise should we be if, with joyful certainty, we accepted each unfolding of His will as a proof of His faithfulness and love! — Susannah Spurgeon

Only in England is the perversion of language regarded as a victory for democracy. — Anthony Burgess

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration. — Iain Banks

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out. — Baz Luhrmann

Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship. — Krist Novoselic