Kegan Keant Quotes & Sayings

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it. — John Henrik Clarke

Poor England! thou art a devoted deer,
Beset with every ill but that of fear.
The nations hunt; all mock thee for a prey;
They swarm around thee, and thou stand'st at bay. — William Cowper

The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others. — Oliver North

Nothing great comes easy. Nothing amazing comes without hard work. And that is especially true with marriages. — Lucian Bane

I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid. — G.K. Chesterton

The best dresses are like t-shirts - you just put them on and forget about them. — Marc Jacobs

To improve your life, be prepared to make new choices and decisions. — Brian Tracy

There are times in life when we feel so very alive that when they pass, we feel ... diminished. When that happens, we'll do almost anything to feel so alive again. — Peter V. Brett

An alternative, favored by those of a religious persuasion, was that A'Tuin was crawling from the Birthplace to the Time of Mating, as were all the stars in the sky which were, obviously, also carried by giant turtles. When they arrived they would briefly and passionately mate, for the first and only time, and from that fiery union new turtles would be born to carry a new pattern of worlds. This was known as the Big Bang hypothesis. — Terry Pratchett

Plus, anyone who wants to clone himself is usually an asshole. You don't want any more of those running around than absolutely necessary." "So — Daniel O'Malley

Good cops make their bosses look good, and Hector was a one-man beauty school. — Edward Conlon

With these new techniques, a new breed of evolutionist is emerging, able to capture the workings of evolution in real time. The picture so painted is breathtaking in its wealth of detail and its compass, ranging from the subatomic to the planetary scale. And that is why I said that, for the first time in history, we know. Much of our growing body of knowledge is provisional, to be sure, but it is vibrant and meaningful. It is a joy to be alive at this time, when we know so much, and yet can still look forward to so much more. — Nick Lane

Walk your own path and be yourself — Joanne Nussbaum

Cats are more interesting, let's face it. Dogs are loveable and a bit boring. — Angela Kinsey

In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow — Richard Wagner