Lossy File Quotes & Sayings

Besides, skin color was skin color, right? It was just the color of your goddamned skin. There was nothing anybody could do about that. You were born with it. Like some people were born with big feet or blue eyes. You didn't make the choice. Your parents did. Or God did. — Pete Hamill

Each day that we live, we're taking in new information, ideas, concepts, experiences, and sensations. We need to consciously stand guard at the doors of our minds to make sure that whatever we're allowing to enter will cause our lives to be enriched, that the experiences we pursue will add to our stockpile of possibility. — Tony Robbins

It is the work of God alone to justify, to sanctify, and to glorify. — John Wesley

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me. — Jonathan Ames

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly. — Iris Chang

He'd lived for so long on a constant edge of anxiety that he'd almost forgotten what real fear was. — William Gibson

I eat strategically. If I know I'm having a big Chinese banquet tomorrow, I'm not eating a big dinner tonight, and I'm not having breakfast. — Anthony Bourdain

If you followed logic all the way back to its origin, did you inevitable end up at a point of illogic, an article of faith? Even an indisputable fact must be chosen as the place to start reasoning, given weight by a mind that believed in its worth. — Rachel Hartman

She seemed beautiful to me. Is that strange? I suppose it is. But there is a compelling beauty in the sight of someone seemingly so small and yet so dangerous. — Katherine Applegate

False hope is nicer than no hope at all. — Edgar Allan Poe

It's hardly news that the Obama administration is intensely and, in many respects, unprecedentedly hostile toward the news-gathering process. — Glenn Greenwald