Leftward Quotes & Sayings

Okay, that's intensely interesting," Duvall said. "So you're a priest of the Forshan religion? Which schism?"
"The leftward schism, and no, not a priest."
"Couldn't handle the celibacy?"
"Leftward priests aren't required to be celibate," Dahl said, "but considering I was the only human at the seminary, I had celibacy thrust upon me, if you will."
"Some people wouldn't let that stop them," Duvall said.
"You haven't seen a Forshan seminary student up close," Dahl said. "Also, I don't swing xeno. — John Scalzi

Actually, however, life begins less by reaching upward, than by turning upon itself. But what a marvelously insidious, subtle image of life a coiling vital principle would be! And how many dreams the leftward oriented shell, or one that did not conform to the rotation of its species, would inspire! — Gaston Bachelard

When I was growing up, I lived in a neighborhood that was largely Latino and I thought I was Latino! — Meagan Good

Thich Nhat Hanh has the ability to express some of the most profound teachings of interdependence and emptiness I've ever heard. With the eloquence of a poet, he holds up a sheet of paper and teaches us that the rain cloud and the tree and the logger who cut the tree down are all there in the paper. He's been one of the most significant carriers of the lamp of the dharma to the West that we have had. — Jack Kornfield

Gray vines coiled leftward in this northern hemisphere, what winds them shapes the dogwhelk's shell. Weeds sprouted from cinder and brick. — Cormac McCarthy

Increase in the wealth per capita fosters democracy; but the latter, at least according to what we have been able to observe up to now, entails great destruction of wealth and even eventually dries up the sources of it. Hence it is its own grave-digger, it destroys what gave it birth. — Vilfredo Pareto

Well, all I hope," said Miss Cornelia calmly, "is that when I'm dead nobody will call me 'our departed sister. — L.M. Montgomery

Hermes?" Apollo hissed - actually hissed like an angry lion. "That little, punk-ass bitch. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

Feminism is not a fad. It's not like Angry Birds. Although it does involve a lot of angry birds. Bad example. — Bridget Christie

Firestar: Okay, Jayfeather, what does mallow look like?
Jayfeather: I don't know, do I? I've never seen it. — Erin Hunter

A pilgrim is a wanderer with a purpose. — Peace Pilgrim

keep out of their way. Sometimes, just to be annoying, I like to walk past their fence. Sometimes I just sit there and stare — Alan Parks

The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them. — Paul Hawken

Women born and raised on this fragile planet have more uniting us than dividing us - and it's the job of feminists to help us realise that. — Robin Morgan

Help other people to cope with their problems, and your own will be easier to cope with. — Norman Vincent Peale

God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there? — Whitney Houston

The laissez-faire argument relies on the same tacit appeal to perfection as does communism. — George Soros

Surveys have shown going back as far as you and I can remember that people have perceived a leftward tilt in the basic coverage that they get on TV news. — Brit Hume

We don't want protectionism at the heart of the European Union. — Guy Verhofstadt