Kurumada X Quotes & Sayings

We are told, "You're a good boy," or "You're a good girl," when we do what Mom and Dad want us to do. When we don't, we are "a bad girl" or "a bad boy." When we went against the rules we were punished; when we went along with the rules we got a reward. We were punished many times a day, and we were also rewarded many times a day. Soon we became afraid of being punished and also afraid of not receiving the reward. — Miguel Ruiz

The government shut down 12 times under Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill. It was only shut down twice while I was speaker. — Newt Gingrich

Do you want to change the world?
Then change yourself first.
Do you want to change yourself?
Then remain completely silent inside the silence-sea. — Sri Chinmoy

Of course
the New Testament is very small.
Its mouth opens four times
as out-of-date as a prehistoric monster,
yet somehow man-made ... — Anne Sexton

Some girls have to go to college to discover what they are good at; some are born doing what they must without even truly knowing why. I felt a hole in my heart shaped like a dark door I needed to guard. — Catherynne M Valente

The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative. — Joanna Newsom

A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind. — George W. Bush

I further testify that when we eventually see things through the proper perspective of eternal truth, we will be amazed at how much we were blessed in important though often unperceived ways through keeping the Sabbath Day holy. — John H. Groberg

I will work when failures seek rest. — Og Mandino

I'm very supportive of creative people being paid for the work that they do. — Matthew Weiner