Macheath Quotes & Sayings

Even in darkness your lips taste of sunshine — Francesca Lia Block

fear can never be an excuse when it comes to choosing whether or not we will be obedient to God. — Kveta Rose

I will go to the Ring of Sacred Volcanoes, but I shall go not as a member of the MacHeath clan - no, I shall go as a free runner. I reject you. I deny you, I refuse and repudiate you as my clan. — Kathryn Lasky

Oh, the shark has pretty teeth, dear,
And he shows them pearly white.
Just a jackknife has Macheath, dear,
And he keeps them out of sight. — Kurt Weill

I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. — Ken Livingstone

You don't know shit about me, I don't know shit about you. You don't even know shit about you. — Lauren Oliver

What we could not see clearly, we didn't have to pretend to understand. — Jodi Picoult

When viewed at the next quantum level of perspective, from which the Earth is seen as an organism and humans are seen as microorganisms, the human species looks like a menace to the planet. In fact, the human race is looking a lot like a disease
comprised of organisms excessively multiplying, mindlessly consuming, and generating waste with little regard for the health and well-being of its host
planet Earth. — Joseph Jenkins

ISIS goes after any group that deviates from its extreme ideology, dissident Muslims, for example, or the Yazidis who practice an ancient religion distinct from both Islam and Christianity. — Tom Gjelten

A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success. — Robert Musil