Moloka'i Alan Brennert Quotes & Sayings

A man who allows wild passion to arise within, himself burns his heart, then after burning adds the wind that thereto which ignites the fire again, or not, as the case may be. — Jack Kerouac

We have the words in our pockets,
obscure directions. The old ones
have taken away the light of their presence ... — Denise Levertov

I call on all scientists in all countries to cease and desist from work creating, developing, improving and manufacturing further nuclear weapons - and, for that matter, other weapons of potential mass destruction such as chemical and biological weapons. — Hans Bethe

When you live in Beijing for a while, you gain a finely tuned understanding of air. — Evan Osnos

America is still a government of the naive, for the naive, and by the naive. He who does not know this, nor relish it, has no inkling of the nature of his country. — Christopher Morley

TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no tantrums, no videotape. — Mary Schmich

SMILE - IT NO BROKE YOUR FACE!
-on a stone in Kalaupapa — Alan Brennert

Everyone agreed that Lucian would ruin this. — Melina Marchetta

To have more, we must first become more. — Jim Rohn

Sanctified cyanide
Super-quick arsenic
Higgledy-piggledy
Into the Soup.
Put out the mourning lamps
Call for coffin clamps
Teach them to trifle with
Flavia de Luce! — Alan Bradley

Whenever we forgive, in small ways at home, or in great ways between nations, we free ourselves from the past. — Jack Kornfield

The power is in you. The answer is in you. And you are the answer to all your searches: you are the goal. You are the answer. It's never outside. — Eckhart Tolle

I am Mother Jones. The Government can't take my life and you can't take my arm, but you can take my suitcase. — Mary Harris Jones

Irony is wasted on the stupid — Oscar Wilde

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness after. all, for it is a dwelling on self. Forget your weakness; and remember your strength. — Joseph Barber Lightfoot