Kohnert K Quotes & Sayings

Any candidate who suggests that too many people are going to jail for too long will be targeted in an opponent's television ads as "soft on crime" and booted out of office. The result is that the United States imprisons far more people than it should, with disproportionate harm falling on African American communities who have been stripped of large numbers of men. A — Steven Pinker

and Mathilde still had — Donna Tartt

Sinteen-years -old girls are probably the most sensitive and perceptive group of people in this entire country. — Ryu Murakami

If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck. — Simone De Beauvoir

Often intuition will direct you. If it feels right, it's probably right. — Oprah Winfrey

When you travel from your own country to another country for a long period, you do become aware of the differences. For example, verbal expression is much more important in France - in Finland people don't speak so much. Also, Finnish people say things directly; that kind of direct honesty would be very impolite in France. — Kaija Saariaho

Appreciate youthful exuberance. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Humans recite the words to the play they are in without ever bothering to read the script. — James Rozoff

In the labyrinth of a difficult text, we find unmarked forks in the path, detours, blind alleys, loops that deliver us back to our point of entry, and finally the monster who whispers an unintelligible truth in our ears. — Mason Cooley

I think what education gives you is a voice. It gives you a way of talking to a judge. When a policeman pulls you off to the side of the road, you have a voice. When you cross a border, you have a voice. When you are writing to express your opinions, you have a voice. — Richard Rodriguez