Lil Penny Quotes & Sayings

No matter what the political environment, blasphemy laws lend the power of the state to particular religious authorities and effectively reinforce extreme views, since the most conservative or hard-line elements in a religious community are generally the quickest to take offence and the first to claim the mantle of orthodoxy. Virtually any act has the potential to draw an accusation and prosecution — Nick Cohen

A great hammer doesn't make a great carpenter; but a great carpenter will always want to have a great hammer. — David Allen

Middle class was defined by having certain values and only a certain amount of money. But this new middle class seems to have absolutely no values and an unlimited amount of money. — Fran Lebowitz

Every society needs particular individuals to do its dirty work for it. — Kevin Dutton

My being gay is not a social issue; it's a fact. It's not something to be debated. It's a reality. — Jose Antonio Vargas

In a word, what characterizes the spiritist revelation is that while divine in its origin and of the initiative of the Spirits, its elaboration is fruit of man's work. — Allan Kardec

People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something. — Sarah McLachlan

Art had no moral responsibility. Art, he argued, should strive only to be a beautiful object entirely separate from its creator. — Oscar Wilde

She knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near — John Steinbeck

'Dawn (Go Away)' is a sad lyric, but the melody is so happy and fun. — Erich Bergen

The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. What is grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion. — Laozi

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares. — George Washington

Good intentions are wicked! As far as I can see, all they lead to are lies and delusions. — Jane Smiley