Mandelmannen Quotes & Sayings

Public discourse requires making an argument for a point of view, not having an argument - as in having a fight. — Deborah Tannen

Few bars in New York, even gay bars, permitted same-sex dancing. — Ann Bausum

I focused more on sharing my gift and performing than worrying about it being a competition. — Rayvon Owen

I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything. — George Herbert Palmer

The English possessed as many words for stealing as the Irish had for seaweed or guilt. — Joseph O'Connor

It has a name because it's important, and all important things have names. — Rick Riordan

A democratic government that respects no limits on its power is a ticking time bomb, waiting to destroy the rights it was created to protect. — James Bovard

It is said that those who fail to remember history are doomed to repeat it. That's not quite correct. We all forget history. The key is whether we have a way to go back to rediscover what we forget. More directly, the key is whether an objective past can keep us honest. — Lawrence Lessig

But every point of view is a point of blindness: it incapacitates us for every other point of view. From a certain point of view, the room in which I write has no door. I turn around. Now I see the door, but the room has no window. I look up. From this point of view, the room has no floor. I look down; it has no ceiling. By avoiding particular points of view we are able to have an intuition of the whole. The ideal for a Christian is to become holy, a word which derives from whole. — Richard Wurmbrand

Every time you open the paper now, there seems to be another celebrity getting arrest for masturbation. First, it was Peewee Herman and then George Michael. If masturbation's a crime, I should be on death row. — Gilbert Gottfried

If indeed this is the work of God ... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing. — Gene Robinson

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. — Confucius

Our lives will become our greatest works of art not only when our relationships are a beautiful expression of love, acceptance, and intimacy, but when we have a deep sense of purpose that produces accomplishments that express, for us, success and significance. — Erwin Raphael McManus

When we contemplate the miracle of embodied life, we begin to partner with our bodies in a kinder way. — Sharon Salzberg

In my opinion, everything, every shape, every bit of natural form, animals, people, pebbles, shells, anything you like are all things that can help you to make a sculpture. — Henry Moore