Npa Dfw Quotes & Sayings

To annihilate the world by annihilation of oneself is the deluded height of desperate egoism. — Sylvia Plath

We're not courting trouble," I say. "Flirting with it, at most. — Mackenzi Lee

If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders. — George Carlin

You see these actor/director relationships in the celebrity world and you understand why. The director knows which buttons to push and it makes it so much more familiarized. — Michelle Glick

Both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective ... That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporary suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. And of some sinful pleasure they say 'Let me but have this and I'll take the consequences': little dreaming how damnation will spread back and back into their past and contaminate the pleasure of the sin. — C.S. Lewis

What makes fantastic declarations believable is, in part, the vehemence with which they're proffered. Again, in the world of spirituality as well as of pop psychology, intensity of personal belief is evidence of truth. It is considered very bad form - even abuse - to challenge the veracity of any personal testimony that might be offered in a twelve-step group or on a talk show, unless the testimony itself is equivocal ... Whatever sells, whatever many people believe strongly, must be true. — Wendy Kaminer

Terrorism fuels itself from all kinds of illicit trafficking: drugs, weapons, human beings. — Francois Hollande

Now, as for this new breed of musicians with their 'ultrasonic' conservatory technique, I say: So What. Tell me a story from the heart of your soul and what your existence in this Universe is all about! — Woody Shaw

You must pursue your dreams with all your might. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You asked a question about Martin Luther King.... All that stuff about "the dream" means nothing to the kids I know.... He died in vain. He was famous and he lived and gave his speeches and he died and now he's gone. But we're still here. Don't tell students in this school about "the dream." Go and look into a toilet here if you would like to know what life is like for students in this city.
-a student at East St. Louis High School, 1990 — Jennifer L. Hochschild

Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude. — David Hume