Lincolnian Democracy Quotes & Sayings

If "holy" was ever a pious, pastel-tinted word in our vocabularies, the Isaiah-preaching quickly turns it into something blazing. Holiness — Anonymous

We pick our friends not only because they are kind and enjoyable company, but also, perhaps more importantly, because they understand us for who we think we are. — Alain De Botton

Oh great, you too. So now I wear this label 'Queer' emblazoned across my chest. Or I could always carve a scarlet 'L' on my forehead. Why does everyone have to put you in a box and nail the lid on it? I don't know what I am - polymorphous and perverse. Shit. I don't even know if I'm white. I'm me. That's all I am and all I want to be. Do I have to be something? — Rita Mae Brown

It's odd how when one of us dies we all come together as one. Even if we don't know each other or if we hate each other we come together for that one day. — Abbi Glines

I have a high pain threshold. In fact, it's more of a large and tastfully decorated foyer than a threshold. But I do get easily bored — Cassandra Clare

I think there's a bargain in every garage sale - not as much as there used to be, but they're still there. — Judith Miller

Use "entropy" and you can never lose a debate, von Neumann told Shannon - because no one really knows what "entropy" is. — William Poundstone

Most work in macroeconomics in the past 30 years has been useless at best and harmful at worst. — Paul Krugman

Time passed: the mind rebuilds it's defenses. — Stephen King

Meditation is such a more substantial reality than what we normally take to be reality. — Richard Gere