Knee Jerk Conservatism Quotes & Sayings

I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry will produce liberality of conduct; that mankind will reverse the absurd position that the many were, made for the few; and that they will not continue slaves in one part of the globe, when they can become freemen in another. — George Washington

I don't know if anybody's ever ready for another award season. It's kind of like Christmas. — James McAvoy

Thomas Muller is not the best in the world. But he is the best in what he does — Jupp Heynckes

What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared. — Napoleon Bonaparte

See?" my mother would say, smiling at me and my sister, Carol, in turn. "We live in the greatest country on earth. See how lucky we are?"
And yet the ash continued swirling down, and the smells of death came through the windows, crept under the door, hung in our carpets and curtains, and screamed of her lie.
Is it possible to tell the truth in a society of lies? Or must you always, of necessity, become a liar?
And if you lie to a liar, is the sin somehow negated or reversed?
These are the kinds of questions I ask myself now: in these dark, watery hours, when night and day are interchangeable. No. Not true. — Lauren Oliver

The girls I've dated hate me a little because I can't remember anything about first dates or when we kissed. I have the worst memory in the world! — Josh Hutcherson

I mean that you've invented the story yourself. It belong to you, not me. You've already chosen an ending, a way out. I suppose it's inevitable that you want satisfaction. — Siri Hustvedt

She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great a librarian she was. And how great a mom. — David Lubar