Kokkalis Socrates Quotes & Sayings

I try to live my life, do what I want, and just let everything else follow along. — Vanessa Hudgens

Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the Corporate State. It purports to cherish democracy, patriotism, and the Constitution while manipulating internal levers. — Chris Hedges

You know, interesting minds usually do hold more than one idea at a time. — Anna Deavere Smith

For the first time in a year, I wanted to live
because I wanted to spend every freaking day watching her open her eyes to the world. Hell, I wanted to be the first thing she saw. Sometimes, reality's a bitch. — Rachel Van Dyken

Say what you want to say about the rest of his presidency, including his tone-deaf response to Katrina and a war waged in Iraq on false pretenses, Bush connected with Americans in the aftermath of 9/11 because he looked as frail and unforgiving as we felt. — Ron Fournier

I'm passionate about cooking. I'm passionate about healthy eating. I'm passionate about inspiring other women. — Tia Mowry

Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. — Jack Butler Yeats

Most e-mails sent in the mid-nineties tended to be long and letter-like: they began and ended with traditional greetings - the ones we'd all previously used on paper - and they were keen to describe the surrounding scene, as if the new medium had made of everybody a writer. ("I'm typing this just by the window, looking out to blue-gray sea, where three gulls are diving into the water.") — Zadie Smith

Holy effing crap, that sucks!"
I turned to her. "Effing?"
Sam shrugged. "What?"
"We're censoring now?"
"Kyle says I have a mouth like a trucker. — Gemma Halliday

You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you. — Dale Carnegie

We are waiting for the long-promised invasion. So are the fishes. — Winston Churchill

Losing as much money as I can get hold of is an instant solution to my economic problems. — Lucian Freud

After it's all over, the early childhood, a chain of birthdays woven with candlelight, piles of presents, voices of relatives singing and praising your promise and future, after the years of schooling, fitting yourself into different size desks, memorizing, reciting, reporting, and performing for jury after jury of teachers, counselors, and administrators, you still feel inadequate, alone, vulnerable, and naked in a world that can be unforgiving and terribly demanding. — V.C. Andrews

The material world may be nothing but illusion ... — Anodea Judith

Not for ourselves alone, but for all humanity ... Let us hasten to find the path that leads to liberty, safety, and peace for everyone. — Thomas Jefferson