Mcgownd Quotes & Sayings

I rot on the wall, my own
Dorian Gray. — Anne Sexton

I do think that humanitarians and journalists alike have focused on all the things that go wrong, and that they sometimes leave the perception in the public that the war on poverty has been lost. That Africa is just a bottomless pit of despair. When, in fact, really the opposite is true on both fronts. — Nicholas Kristof

When the temperamental and unconventional people are not mere plagiarists of dead eccentrics, they lack, in almost every case, thehistoric sense. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

This is my rife. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My rife is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I have master my life. My rife, without me, is useless. Without my rife, I am useless. I must fire my rife true. I must shoot before he shoots me. And I will. - Marine Rife Creed — John Scalzi

I love the interrelatedness of things. — Terry Tempest Williams

In one bold stroke, forgiveness obliterates the past and permits us to enter the land of new beginnings. — Billy Graham

I've set a clear doctrine: America makes no distinction between the terrorists and the countries that harbor them. If you harbor a terrorist, you're just as guilty as the terrorists, and you're an enemy of the United States of America. — George W. Bush

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule. — Michael Mandelbaum

Happily ever after doesn't mean a lifetime of perfection. I don't think anyone believes that happily ever after means there are no unhappy days, even unhappy years. It means loving forever, despite all the many reasons it's easier not to. — Mia Sheridan

The sad truth is the truth is sad. — Lemony Snicket

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food. — William Winwood Reade

Just as it can be addictive to be in a real world bookstore or library, it's the same on the Web. — Trip Adler

Our love is a forest fire and we are the little things that live in the trees. — Joey Comeau

It is better to take much pride in the amount of changes you have imparted in the world, than you take recounting the amount of riches you've earned. — Abdulazeez Henry Musa