Matando Gallina Quotes & Sayings

Religion in America ... Must be regarded as the foremost of the political institutions for that country; for if it does not impart a taste for freedom, it facilitates the use of it ... I do know know whether all Americans have a sincere faith in their religion - for who can search the human heart? - But I am certain that they hold it to be indispensable to the maintenance of republican institutions. This opinion is not peculiar to a class of citizens or a party, but it belongs to the whole nation and to every rank of society. — Alexis De Tocqueville

You think that your laws correct evil - they only increase it. There is but one way to end evil - by rendering good for evil to all men without distinction. — Leo Tolstoy

Nothing gladdens a writer more than a thought that can become pure feeling and a feeling that can become pure thought. — Thomas Mann

It was hidden in things Adam already knew, half-glimpsed behind a forest made of thoughts. — Maggie Stiefvater

Don't try to be just a success; try to be someone who really cares. — Debasish Mridha

A turkey is fed for a thousand days by a butcher; every day confirms to its staff of analysts that butchers love turkeys "with increased statistical confidence. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

She smiled at him, though her hazel-green eyes were wary beneath the brim of a sodden hat. Right at that moment, staring at her across the hall, Gideon Shaw, cynic, hedonist, drunkard, libertine, fell hopelessly in love. — Lisa Kleypas

When I moved to SF in my early 20s, I loved it, but I was absolutely astonished to discover that people there hated L.A. I was just like why? Really? I had no idea. — Matthew Specktor

The essence of sculpture is for me the perception of space, the continuum of our existence. — Isamu Noguchi

As we have considered the critical need to strengthen families and homes, we have felt that the Lord would have us encourage His beloved daughters to cheerfully cleave to their covenants. When covenants are kept, families are strengthened. — Linda K. Burton

I think everyone probably starts out sounding like someone else, but gradually you develop your own sound. — Bob Newhart

I'm anxious about losing anonymity. — Brooke Smith

All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day. — Swami Vivekananda

Tell the cook of this restaurant with my compliments that these are the very worst sandwiches in the whole world, and that, when I ask for a watercress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it. — Oscar Wilde