Nonmilitary Citizen Quotes & Sayings

Hmm, I officially amend my previous statement. Clearly one of them is that stupid. — Kimberly Spencer

In that brief kiss, Arthur's demigod had abandoned him. — Jonathan Dunne

There are those people who try to elevate their souls like someone who continually jumps from a standing position in the hope that forcing oneself to jump all day - and higher every day - they would no longer fall back down, but rise to heaven. Thus occupied, they no longer look to heaven. We cannot even take one step toward heaven. The vertical direction is forbidden to us. But if we look to heaven long-term, God descends and lifts us up. God lifts us up easily. As Aeschylus says, 'That which is divine is without effort.' There is an ease in salvation more difficult for us than all efforts. In one of Grimm's accounts, there is a competition of strength between a giant and a little tailor. The giant throws a stone so high that it takes a very long time before falling back down. The little tailor throws a bird that never comes back down. That which does not have wings always comes back down in the end. — Simone Weil

When you learn through coding, [you're] coding to learn. You're learning it in a meaningful context, and that's the best way of learning things. — Mitchel Resnick

The bully on the block who beats up somebody doesn't become more powerful. All they do is walk around inside their own mind with an inflated ego. — Frederick Lenz

Listen my children and you shall hear, Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The whole Republican establishment has united to destroy his bid to be the nominee of the Republican Party. — Louis Farrakhan

I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life. — Clint Eastwood

Revenge is a dish best served by a tennis racket — Josh Stern

I don't know whether you have any rights before you're born. All I know is that being born again doesn't entitle you to twice as many. — A. Whitney Brown

As an Indian, you feel easily connected with certain histories in places like Indonesia, where one sees, because of the presence of the Hindu-Buddhist past, Hindus still living there or Muslims performing rituals that are instantly familiar. — Pankaj Mishra

Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured. — William Shakespeare