Nilsens Quotes & Sayings

If we can't stand up to the never good enough and who do you think you are? we can't move forward. — Brene Brown

A flock of angels are coming to see me...or a gaggle? A herd? No, they aren't animals. A legion... That's the word. — A.J. Flowers

Bob Gates is really emblematic of the modern CIA. He joins it in 1968, just a day before the Soviets invaded Czechoslovakia. And, of course, he rises very quickly. In less than six years, he's on the National Security Council staff, at the closing weeks of Richard Nixon's presidency and then on into Gerald Ford. — Roger Morris

A reactionary revolution is nothing but a high-speed evolution backwards! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Intellectuals love Jefferson and hate markets, and intellectuals write most of the books. Intellectuals often think that they should, for the benefit of mankind, act as fiduciaries for the clods who don't have to be intellectuals, and I suspect that has to do with [why historians love Jefferson and not Hamilton, even though Hamilton's vision of America's commercial future was vastly more accurate than Jefferson's]. — John Steele Gordon

I'm not Jesus, but I have very valuable information. — Tyrese Gibson

I've been quoting the book [on Peter Sutcliffe] constantly in rehearsals. Some members of the cast have stated their disapproval that it should even have been written. Some of the women have expressed more - disgust and anger. What are they saying? They'd prefer not to know, not to understand? They'd prefer certain areas of life to be censored? Isn't that partly what breeds the Sutcliffes and the Nilsens? — Antony Sher

Being vulnerable is allowing yourself to trust. That's hard for a lot of people to do. They feel a lot more secure if they kind of put walls around themselves. Then they don't have to trust anybody but themselves. — Herbie Hancock

My heart is filled with overflowing gratitude. — Lailah Gifty Akita