Krisinda George Quotes & Sayings

African American Congressman Bobby Rush wore a hoodie on the floor of Congress to make a point this week. And they threw him out. They said a hoodie is too scary for Congress. Too scary? Have you ever looked into Michele Bachmann's eyes? — Bill Maher

They can ta'k our lives but they can never ta'k our freedom!' Now there's a battle cry not designed by a clear thinker — Terry Pratchett

Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not by my weakness. — Amos Bronson Alcott

The Eucharist is a fire that inflames us, that, like lions breathing fire, we may retire from the altar being made terrible to the devil. — Saint John Chrysostom

Native Soil

There's
Nobody simpler than us, or with
more pride, or fewer tears.
(1922)

Our hearts don't wear it as an amulet,
it doesn't sob beneath the poet's hand,
nor irritate the wounds we can't forget
in our bitter sleep. It's not the Promised Land.
Our souls don't calculate its worth
as a commodity to be sold and bought;
sick, and poor, and silent on this earth,
often we don't give it a thought.
Yes, for us it's the dirt on our galoshes,
yes, for us it's the grit between our teeth.
Dust, and we grind and crumble and crush it,
the gentle and unimplicated earth.
But we'll lie in it, become its weeds and flowers,
so unembarrassedly we call it - ours. — Anna Akhmatova

When a thing beckons you to explore it without telling you why or how,
this is not a red herring; it's a map. — Gina Greenlee

There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts. — Scilla Elworthy

His dimples should come with an advisory label: Will cause hearts to flutter and panties to spontaneously combust. — Robin Bielman

It is through karma that we learn our life lessons. — James Aten

I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide