Koconews Quotes & Sayings

Do you want to flourish in the garden of life? Life's gardeners pluck the weeds and care only for the productive plants. — Bryant McGill

The relation of this God with this man; the relation of this man with this God
this is the only theme of the Bible and of philosophy. — Karl Barth

Pathmaker, there is no path;
You make the path by walking,
By walking you make the Path — Antonio Machado

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself. — Anita Hill

Sometimes a script comes along that really makes you sit up and pay attention ... 'Life at These Speeds' has an emotional intensity that really kicked me in the guts. — Douglas Booth

Why would I wish my senses to be dulled when they could be sharpened? Why would I wish to mumble when I could scintillate? Why would I wish to forget when I could remember? Of course, since even in those days I was a loquacious workaholic who liked to stay up late, you might think I'd pick a drug that would nudge me closer to the center of the bell curve instead of pushing me farther out on the edge - but of course I didn't. Who does? Don't we all just keep doing the things that make us even more like ourselves? As I lay in bed with a godawful headache, sunlight streamed through the open window, and so did the smell of good French coffee from the hotel kitchen downstairs. — Anne Fadiman

Islam's laws are fixed and that is why Islam is stable. — Abu Bakar Bashir

There is no real advance in human reason, for what we gain in one direction we lose in another; for all minds start from the same point, and as the time spent in learning what others have thought is so much time lost in learning to think for ourselves, we have more acquired knowledge and less vigor of mind. Our minds like our arms are accustomed to use tools for everything, and to do nothing for themselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

When you talk to crews that went to Mir or have gone up to International Space Station, they say that you go through different phases of adaptation or getting used to the space environment. — Laurel Clark

I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them. — Karen Thompson Walker

Those who flee freedom live on
but their souls die in fear
Those who thirst for freedom die
but their souls live on in resistance — Xiaobo Liu

If two people agree, one of them is unnecessary. — Henry Ford

Beware of privilege. It stinks of rotten rotten fish heads, many of which were lapping the shore beneath the jetties. — Ralph Steadman

People ask, "Have you ever seen the gods you worship? How can you be sure they exist?" Answers: i. Just look around you. ii. I've never seen my soul either. And yet I revere it. That's how I know the gods exist and why I revere them - from having felt their power, over and over. — Marcus Aurelius

The law functions as formal embodiment of a moral code, not as free-standing substitute for it. — Mark Steyn