Lobbyists Are Required Quotes & Sayings

The ego is the false self-born out of fear and defensiveness. — John O'Donohue

Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything. — Rumi

If anyone accuses me of contradicting myself, I shall reply; I have been wrong once or more often, however I do not aspire to be always wrong. — Luc De Clapiers

Turn off the light to enter into the darkness and enlighten the world with the lights of your being. — Debasish Mridha

Goldfish have no memory, I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise everytime. — Ani DiFranco

And the most interesting natural structure?
A giant, two-thousand-mile-long fish in orbit around Jupiter, according to a reliable report in the Weekly World News. The photograph was very convincing, and I'm only surprised that more-reputable journals like New Scientist, or even just The Sun, haven't followed up with more details. We should be told. — Douglas Adams

Men make clothes for the women they'd like to be with or in most cases the women they'd like to be. — Robert Altman

For others do I wait ... for higher ones, stronger ones, more triumphant ones, merrier ones, for such as are built squarely in body and soul: laughing lions must come. — Friedrich Nietzsche

He had wanted so hard to Escape, to find the stars. And all he had found was a new prison. — Catherine Fisher

-On creating a false identity for Pheobe-
"A widow," Ava insisted.
"How did her husband die?" Greer asked.
"I hardly know," Ava said with a shrug as she rocked Jonathan in her arms. "How do men typically die? A fall from a horse or some such thing."
"I scarcely believe scores of men are falling to their deaths from their saddles," Greer said drily. — Julia London

There are all kinds of interesting questions that come from a knowledge of science, which only adds to the excitement and mystery and awe of a flower. — Richard P. Feynman

It wins every time we accept that we have only bad choices available to us: austerity or extraction, poisoning or poverty. — Naomi Klein

Teenagers also sometimes think, 'What's the use? The world will soon be blown all apart and come to an end.' That feeling comes from fear, not from faith. No one knows the hour or the day (see D&C 49:7), but the end cannot come until all of the purposes of the Lord are fulfilled. Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life. — Boyd K. Packer