Mississippi Kites Quotes & Sayings

The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical belief. — Jacques Ellul

In war, the only true victory is peace. — Donald L. Hicks

Then, before Rhun charges, I leap from him, running toward the dead. His steps beat after me, and I hold out my hand. Our fingers link. The dead slather gleefully and lick their lips. It is the third night of Samhain, and we run together. — Tessa Gratton

If the wealth you've accumulated is in the form of friends, family and books, then you're doing life right. — Saleem Sharma

My mother told me not to listen to anyone. She had been told that she wouldn't be able to teach and she did. — Archie Panjabi

Wherever two human beings are alive, together, and happy, there is the center of the world. — Edward Abbey

She thought everyone had friends who felt like obligations. — Liane Moriarty

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men. — J. Robert Oppenheimer

I look to longevity. I just consider myself an actress and getting good roles. If being a 'superstar' gets me good roles, then that's a positive thing. But my goal isn't just to be a superstar. It's to act for a long time. — Penelope Ann Miller

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world. — Tahar Ben Jelloun

In a democracy private citizens see a man of their own rank in life who becomes possessed of riches and power in a few years; this spectacle excites their surprise and envy, and they are led to inquire how the person who was yesterday very equal is today their ruler. To attribute his rise to his talents or his virtues is unpleasant; for it is tacitly to acknowledge that they are themselves less virtuous and less talented than he was. — Alexis De Tocqueville

I don't have that many friends. — Agyness Deyn

And insecurity kills all that is beautiful. — K. Bromberg

Diamond, for all its great beauty, is not nearly as interesting as the hexagonal plane of graphite. It is not nearly as interesting because we live in a three-dimensional space, and in diamond, each atom is surrounded in all three directions in space by a full coordination. — Richard Smalley

If I am to cherish anything to the fullest I must humbly embrace it as an undeserved 'privilege,' for to nonchalantly handle anything as other than a 'privilege' is to handle things of immense value and in the holding be entirely oblivious to what I'm holding. — Craig D. Lounsbrough