Ny1 Live Quotes & Sayings

In Africa there is a concept known as 'ubuntu' - the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others; that if we are to accomplish anything in this world it will in equal measure be due to the work and achievement of others. — Nelson Mandela

A woman steps out of the back door after an hour of him sitting. Younger than either of us, blonde with a tinge of gray at her temples, the light creases of age in the corners of her eyes, beautiful in the untouchable way of mothers who are our exemplars for what we will admire in women when we come of age. — Thomm Quackenbush

Male dominance in society always means that out of public sight, in the private, ahistorical world of men with women, men are sexually dominating women. — Andrea Dworkin

Complaints about reality are immature. — Timothy Findley

Okay. Take a peek, but I swear if you try anything funny, I'll beat your head in with my flashlight. — Shannon K. Butcher

Touch. It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints. By touch we are betrayed and betray others ... an accidental brushing of shoulders or touching of hands ... hands laid on shoulders in a gesture of comfort that lies like a thief, that takes, not gives, that wants, not offers, that awakes, not pacifies. When one flesh is waiting, there is electricity in the merest contact. — Wallace Stegner

The doing evil to avoid an evil cannot be good. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I want to douse myself in silver words
and whisper away all rue. — Basith

Words are like shards of glass. By themselves they're worthless; however, when placed together in just the right way, they can become great works of art. — Leigh M. Lane

Schools are not equal. There are still the haves and the have-nots. — Erin Gruwell

Life ought to be lived on a basis of silence, where truth blossoms. — Dorothy Richardson

Since bodily strength is but a servant to the mind, it were very barbarous and preposterous that force should be made judge over reason. — Philip Sidney

Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared. — Barack Obama

People think you have to go through a lot of changes to become a soul singer, You just have to go through life. — Bobby Womack

That night, the booze felt great, as the warmth of the wine in my stomach spread through my body. I didn't like feeling stupid or out of control, but I liked the way it made everything (laughing, crying, peeing in front of your friends) easier. — John Green