Lokaya Quotes & Sayings

In our moments of pain and trial, I guess we would shudder to think it could be worse, but without the atonement it not only could be worse, it would be worse. — Jeffrey R. Holland

Curiosity is the essence of our existence. — Gene Cernan

I dislike this whole business of experimentation on animals, unless there's some very good and altogether exceptional reason to this very case. The thing that gets me is that it's not possible for the animals to understand why they are being called upon to suffer. They don't suffer for their own good or benefit at all, and I often wonder how far it's for anyone's. They're given no choice, and there is no central authority responsible for deciding whether what's done is morally justifiable. These experiment animals are just sentient objects; they're useful because they are able to react; sometimes precisely because they're able to feel fear and pain. And they're used as if they were electric light bulbs or boots. What it comes to is that whereas there used to be human and animal slaves, now there are just animal slaves. They have no legal rights or choices in the matter. — Richard Adams

To retain our dignity, we must sometimes refuse to live life at any cost — Dario Spini

Your wedding will not be what you think it is going to be, no matter what you think it is going to be. — Mimi Pond

Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil
and he will not stay loyal to him
for he is also destined to become a master. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Government in its infancy had no regular and permanent form. For want of a sufficient fund of philosophy and experience, men could see no further than the present inconveniences, and never thought of providing remedies for future ones, but in proportion as they arose. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

When the governing representatives of the people legalize the shedding of innocent blood (as a for-profit business, nonetheless) then they have placed themselves, and those they represent, in the direct line of God's judgment. — Tony Evans

Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better. — W. Edwards Deming

Are you asking me if I fuck my food?" The words sound overly harsh in the darkness.

"I suppose I am. — Cat Hellisen

Resentments are like stray dogs,if you don't pet them, they will go away. — Sandi Bachom

Is this the baby?" I said.
Ma turned on me again.
"What do you think it is?" she said. "A midget that can't talk? — George Saunders

I think having children is the most amazing thing. — Rachel Stevens

Angel?" he whispered in the dark. "Yes?" "What does it feel like to love someone?" A lump caught in my throat and I lightly ran my fingers down his bare arm. "It feels like this." "That's what I thought." -Erin McCarthy/The Coming Dark — Erin McCarthy