Munkeboe Party Quotes & Sayings

What do I want to let go of and what do I want to give myself to? — Parker J. Palmer

They created us, they shaped our world, they told us what to believe.
If they told us what to believe, and we didn't come to it on our own, is it still true? I press my hand harder against my chest. Steady. — Veronica Roth

A people who still remembered that their ancestors had been the masters of the world would have applauded, with conscious pride, the representation of ancient freedom, if they had not long since been accustomed to prefer the solid assurance of bread to the unsubstantial visions of liberty and greatness. — Edward Gibbon

Cheery was aware that Commander Vimes didn't like the phrase 'The innocent have nothing to fear', believing the innocent had everything to fear, mostly from the guilty but in the longer term even more from those who say things like 'The innocent have nothing to fear'. — Terry Pratchett

I stole your childhood and now I've led you by the hand to your death. But the worst thing is, I knew. I knew this would happen. This is what always happens. Forget your faith in me. I took you with me because I was vain. Because I wanted to be adored. Look at you. Glorious Pond, the girl who waited for me. I'm not a hero. I really am just a mad man in a box. And it's time we saw each other as we really are. Amy Williams, it's time to stop waiting. — Steven Moffat

My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society. — Annie Lennox

Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go. — Peter Prange

The mistake people that want to be actors make is to move to New York or L.A. right away. But it's like ... go act somewhere first. Be an actor. A story is a story, and an audience is an audience, no matter where you're doing it. — Conrad Ricamora

I come from the so-called Third World (what is the Second)? — Isabel Allende

Holding the lamb in his arms, Jesus watched the people file past, some coming, some going, some carrying animals to be sacrificed, some returning without them, looking joyful and exclaiming, Alleluia, Hosanna, Amen, or saying none of these things, feeling it was inappropriate to walk around shouting Hallelujah or Hip hip hurrah, because there is really not much difference between the two expressions, we use them enthusiastically until with the passage of time and by dint of repetition we finally ask ourselves, What does it mean, only to find there is no answer. — Jose Saramago

It was called Operation Coitus Interruptus, which only goes to prove that there are some people in the FBI with a sense of humor. — James Patterson

You have to work with the ideas and give them a little push. — Lou Gramm

I would live in a communist country providing I was the Queen. — Stella Adler

The problems that agitate one generation are exstinguished for the next, not because they have been solved but because the general lack of interest sweeps them away. — Cesare Pavese