Libres Para Quotes & Sayings

You think defending this nation [americans] is expensive, try not defending it. That's a lot more expensive. — Ted Cruz

The sun is but a morning star. — Henry David Thoreau

Even sound seemed to fail in this air, like the air was worn out with carrying sounds so long. — William Faulkner

Ahh . . . him I don't like. — Molly McAdams

If you are not concerned about what you do, you will not say so. When you sit, you will sit. When you eat, you will eat. That is all. If you say, "It doesn't matter," it means that you are making some excuse to do something in your own way with your small mind. — Shunryu Suzuki

He understood, as he would write in "Walking," that "the hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men. — Henry David Thoreau

Don't allow yourself to get into the habit of dressing carelessly when there is 'only' your husband to see you. Depend upon it he has no use for faded tea-gowns and badly dressed hair, and he abhors the sight of curling pins as much as other men do. He is a man after all, and if his wife does not take the trouble to charm him, there are plenty of other women who will. — Blanche Ebbutt

The United States has more people living in poverty than at almost any time in the modern history of our country. I believe that in a democratic, civilized society none of our people should be hungry or living in desperation. We need to expand Social Security, not cut it. We need to increase funding for nutrition programs, not cut them. — Bernie Sanders

In this model, the change agent attempts to bring to light all values, working through conflicts embedded in the larger collective. The emphasis is on communication and cooperation with the change target. The technique is to involve the change target in an honest dialogue, while mutually learning the way to win-win solutions. — Robert E. Quinn

I cannot escape my life but can only use my determination and courage to make it the best I can. — Karen Cushman

In general, human societies are not innovative. They are hierarchical and ritualistic. Suggestions for change are greeted with suspicion: they imply an unpleasant future variation in ritual and hierarchy: an exchange of one set of rituals for another, or perhaps for a less structured society with fewer rituals. And yet there are times when societies must change. — Carl Sagan

Ninghua, Chingliu, Kueihua--
What narrow paths, deep woods and slippery moss!
Whither are we bound today?
Straight to the foot of Wuyi Mountain.
To the mountain, the foot of the mountain,
Red flags stream in the wind in a blaze of glory — Mao Zedong