Muraille Reclamation Quotes & Sayings

[On being told Mary, Queen of Scots, was taller than she:] Then she is too high, for I myself am neither too high nor too low. — Elizabeth I

Of all hateful occupations, housekeeping is to my mind the most hateful. — Hannah Whitall Smith

Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation. To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth. — William S. Burroughs

Admittedly, guilt can be my default setting. After a social gathering, I'm often left with a vague sense of wrongdoing that I try to pinpoint the source of. Had I laughed insensitively or slighted someone unintentionally? And I always feel accused in Nordstrom. The saleswomen look at my jeans and inexpensive haircut and I'm sure they're thinking I'm about to slip a pair of earrings into my purse. I feel guilty when I eat white bread and when I don't recycle. — Deb Caletti

Perhaps we're not the greater good, but we are the lesser of evils. — Don Winslow

Your actions speak to your beliefs and strengthen them. Submodalities and Changing the Meaning of the Past — Justin Albert

The ugly can achieve an absoluteness beyond the reach of beauty. — Mason Cooley

It is a proud moment when you can define a problem and make a commitment and begin to see a groundswell of activity towards addressing what has the potential to change the life trajectory of millions of kids. — Risa J. Lavizzo-Mourey

Children need the lie to be brave enough to sleep in their beds; parents need it to be able to get up the next morning. — Fredrik Backman