Misericordia Quotes & Sayings

I'm definitely nostalgic about the music of my youth; The Clash and Fishbone and that whole music scene. I still have all that music to this day. There was some great music going on in the late 70s and 80s. — John Cusack

I cannot emphasize enough how wrongheaded this is. Withholding criticism and ignoring differences are racism in its purest form. Yet these cultural experts fail to notice that, through their anxious avoidance of criticizing non-Western countries, they trap the people who represent these cultures in a state of backwardness. The experts may have the best of intentions, but as we all know, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

JOE: You said my wife. And I want to know, is she -
PRIOR: TALK TO HER YOURSELF, BULLWINKLE! WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE A MARRIAGE COUNSELOR? — Tony Kushner

One good schoolmaster is worth a thousand priests. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Debate doesn't really change things. It gets you bogged in deeper. If you can address or reopen the subject with something new, something from a different angle, then there is some hope ... People are suddenly gazing at something else and pausing for a moment. And for the duration of that gaze and pause, they are like reflectors of the totality of their own knowledge and/or ignorance. That's something poetry can do for you, it can entrance you for a moment above the pool of your own consciousness and your own possibilities. — Seamus Heaney

The abortion industry can try to improve its 'messaging' all it wants. But unless abortion advocates change their devotion to abortion-on-demand, the only message Americans will receive is that the abortion industry is only really interested in improving its bottom line at the expense of the most defenseless among us. — Gary Bauer

I cannot, however, but think that the world would be better and brighter if our teachers would dwell on the Duty of Happiness as well as the Happiness of Duty; for we ought to be as cheerful as we can, if only because to be happy ourselves is a most effectual contribution to the happiness of others. — John Lubbock

And now they say my heart is failing. The doctor used the term "angina pectoris," which has a theological sound, like misericordia. — Marilynne Robinson

Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation. — Martha Beck

The Internet is the more democratic media them last times. And for being anarchical, it's open to all manifestations, artistic also. — Katya Chamma

The government doesn't want you to use YOUR drugs, they want you to use THEIR drugs. — Chris Rock

Patiently persevere in the face of hardship hoping for a good outcome because you never know how many dead hearts you will bring to life in the process. No hardship lasts forever. There is always an end. — Babar Ahmad

Egyptologists, skilled in piecing together the papyri of lost civilisations, suddenly discovered that the same talent could be applied to working out the pattern of German radio traffic. — Robert Harris

Wandering seemed no more than the happiness of an anxious man. — Albert Camus

My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. — Francis Asbury

Ready?" Tove asked without looking at me. He started walking before I answered.
"Duncan, you don't need to come with us," I told him as I hurried after Tove. Duncan followed me the way he always did, but he slowed.
"It's probably best if he does," Tove said, tucking his hair behind his ears.
"Why?" I asked, but Duncan smiled, excited to be included.
"We need someone to test on," Tove replied matter-of-factly, and Duncan's smile instantly faded. — Amanda Hocking