Literacy Douglass Quotes & Sayings

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free. — Frederick Douglass

Alcoholics are mostly disappointed men. — Burt Lancaster

We've broken my bed," I said, stating the obvious.
"In battle, sacrifices must be made, pumpkin. — Kylie Scott

I remember mother saying : Inventors are like poets, a trashy lot — Muriel Rukeyser

The heart which has no agenda but God's is the heart at leisure from itself. Its emptiness is filled with the Love of God. Its solitude can be turned into prayer. — Elisabeth Elliot

The most dangerous thing for a branded product is low interest. — Dietrich Mateschitz

Uncontrollable laughter arose among the blessed gods. — Homer

As they walked, he leaned low and close to her ear. Don't worry. I won't have anything dangerous for dinner, at least, not a weapon. — Cat Johnson

I don't live in the spotlight, and I don't live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible. — Kirsten Dunst

A woman's chastity consists, like an onion, of a series of coats. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through. — Susannah McCorkle

What Secretary Ash Carter is looking at is the constant pressure that Russia's putting on our European allies. The way that Russia is trying to move the boundaries of the post-World War II Europe. The way that he is trying to set European countries against one another, seizing territory, holding it in Crimea. Beginning to explore whether they could make some inroads in the Baltics. — Hillary Clinton

My soul is an empty carousel at sunset. — Pablo Neruda

Death is not something to be feared, but rather anticipated. Of course, we are not to precipitate it ourselves, as suicide is surrender and defeat of the worst kind. But if each of us can have the patience to wait and die in God's time, when His time has come for us, that's the day we're going to be the most thankful. We're going to arrive in our heavenly home and see that it was really worth it all! — David Berg

All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Frederick Douglass taught that literacy is the path from slavery to freedom. There are many kinds of slavery and many kinds of freedom, but reading is still the path. — Carl Sagan