Nicolau Sevcenko Quotes & Sayings

Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible. But since in reality Big Brother is not omnipotent and the party is not infallible, there is need for an unwearying, moment-to-moment flexibility in the treatment of facts. The keyword here is BLACKWHITE. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to BELIEVE that black is white, and more, to KNOW that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. — George Orwell

If religion comes into the public square, it is as vulnerable as any other human institution to be pelted with produce. Ignorance does not become wisdom just because you gussy it up with the Gospels. — Charlie Pierce

Have you thought of the sufferings of Armenia? You poured out your money to help succor the Armenians after they suffered; now set your strength so that they shall never suffer again. — Woodrow Wilson

Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother. — Maya Angelou

CMS has a track record of successfully overseeing the many contractors our programs depend on to function. Unfortunately, a subset of those contracts for HealthCare.gov have not met expectations. — Marilyn Tavenner

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt. — Vince Flynn

The woman just ahead of you at the supermarket checkout has all the delectable groceries you didn't even know they carried. — Mignon McLaughlin

Luck comes and goes; you have to seize it. Bad luck comes and goes; it must be overcome. But I will never, never sit at the side of the road showing my wounds and shouting, 'It's destiny'! — Jean Van Hamme

If I have got a feeling or emotion, I just express it as it comes. I am not good at filtering! — Nathalie Emmanuel

The essential point of view of Christianity is sin. — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

I went to Zimbabwe. I know how white people feel in America now; relaxed! Cause when I heard the police car I knew they weren't coming after me! — Richard Pryor

That's it really; it's all love, whichever way you look at it, it's all love. How much you can Get from each other and that's determined by how much you're Giving to each other ... But it all starts Within our self and then it spreads to those around us, Good & Bad. But basically that's it, I think it's the Love that we can generate is = to the Love that we get back
Amen — George Harrison

Entirety exists within me as exuberance ... in empty longing ... in ... the desire to burn with desire. — Georges Bataille