Luwin Johnson Quotes & Sayings

Those who devote their lives to serving our country, children, and neighborhoods are giving back. They have answered the call to serve. — Jennifer Granholm

The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you didn't write. — Non Nomen

Wagons rattling and banging,
horses neighing and snorting,
conscripts marching, each with bow and arrows at his hip,
fathers and mothers, wives and children, running to see them off
so much dust kicked up you can't see Xian-yang Bridge!
And the families pulling at their clothes, stamping feet in anger,
blocking the way and weeping
ah, the sound of their wailing rises straight up to assault heaven.
And a passerby asks, "What's going on?"
The soldier says simply, "This happens all the time.
From age fifteen some are sent to guard the north,
and even at forty some work the army farms in the west.
When they leave home, the village headman has to wrap their turbans for them;
when they come back, white-haired, they're still guarding the frontier.
The frontier posts run with blood enough to fill an ocean,
and the war-loving Emperor's dreams of conquest have still not ended. — Du Fu

No more tears now; I will think about revenge. — Mary, Queen Of Scots

Make the most of now before it all changes
because one day right now is going to be a
memory. — Taylor Swift

And, just like that, I had a minion. I liked the idea. — Robin Roseau

If I walk down the street in jeans and a plain t-shirt, I don't feel like the world sees me as I want to be seen or as what I am. — Rachel Trachtenburg

We look back and we look ahead, but we live in the time we are allowed. — Eric Dinerstein

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!) — John Arbuthnot

I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and pulling their hair because I was there. It was weird. Nobody deserves adulation like that. I tried to explain it to my kids once. I said, 'Mommy used to be kind of cool, kind of like a Britney Spears.' — Genie Francis

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. — Chuck Schumer

Oh yeah, I grew up with comics. You know, I always like to describe myself as a 'narrative junkie.' I love novels, I love comics, movies, TV. If it's a good story, I'm hooked. — David Liss

You don't accomplish a lot by changing people's opinions by shoving facts down their throat. I think you change people's opinions by opening your heart up and showing the parallels between you and another person. That's how people's ideas shift. — Mary Lambert