Quotes & Sayings About My Son On His 7th Birthday

When dams were erected on the Columbia, salmon battered themselves against the concrete, trying to return home. I expect no less from us. We too must hurl ourselves against and through the literal and metaphorical concrete that contains and constrains us, that keeps us from talking about what is most important to us, that keeps us from living the way our bones know we can, that bars us from our home. It only takes one person to bring down a dam. — Derrick Jensen

No one could possibly understand my purest feelings but I couldn't care less; My deepest yearnings are nobody's goddamn business anyway — Novala Takemoto

Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work. — Bill Nye

I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for. — Wale

War demanded valour even in pilfering. — Jaroslav Hasek

A drawing, brought by Colonel Coombs, from a sculptured column in a cave-temple in the South of India, represents the first pair at the foot of the ambrosial tree, and a serpent entwined among the heavily-laden boughs, presenting to them some of the fruit from his mouth. — Godfrey Higgins

Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations. — Bob Beauprez

It seemed to me that everyone knows they will die one day. My feeling was nobody can stop death; it doesn't matter if it comes from a Talib or cancer. So I should do whatever I want to do. — Malala Yousafzai

America is a land where men govern, but women rule. — John Mason Brown

When I was married to an abuser, he'd tell me he wouldn't have to get so angry if only I'd be less demanding, more supportive, more understanding. I hid the truth from everyone, especially myself. — Luanne Rice

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality. — Bruce Lee

We live in very remarkable times. We find with astonishment that progress has concluded an alliance with barbarism. — Sigmund Freud

Purely by hard work, one can become an artist. — Robert Fripp

In the light, we shall brightly. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I knew it was bad. I knew it was bad because Braden didn't say anything. He seared me into my walls with a look I never wanted to see in his eyes again, and then he spun on his heel and slammed out of my room.
No argument. No discussion. — Samantha Young