Nykia Allen Quotes & Sayings

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite. — Jorge Luis Borges

The battle must be fought exactly as the battle of religious toleration was fought. And as in that case, so in this, a decay in the intensity of belief is likely to prove the decisive factor. While men were convinced of the absolute truth of Catholicism or Protestantism, as the case may be, they were willing to persecute on account of them. While men are quite certain of their modern creeds, they will persecute on their behalf. Some element of doubt is essential to the practice, thought not to the theory, of toleration. — Bertrand Russell

You're not in love if you keep your own heart bricked up behind your bones. You're only playing. — Catherynne M Valente

In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself. — Al Franken

With the song 'This Christmas' I wanted to do something that was kind of different. I mean, Donny Hathaway is an amazing artist. So I wanted to bring my flavor to the song so when people over the age of 45 or 50 hear it they'll be like 'OK, he did his thing with that record.' It's like I can appeal to everybody and not just a younger demographic. — Chris Brown

The latest spin on the Marvel comic-book hero delivers the popcorn goods. — Peter Travers

Curiosity is the ultimate power tool. — Roy Underhill

Our civility, England determines the style of, inasmuch as England is the strongest of the family of existing nations, and as we are the expansion of that people. It is that of a trading nation; it is a shopkeeping civility. The English lord is a retired shopkeeper, and has the prejudices and timidities of that profession. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world does need changing, society needs changing, the nation needs changing, but we never will change it until we ourselves are changed. — Billy Graham

For me, when I'm making a movie I like to stay in character throughout the day. — Hayden Christensen

To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. — Mahatma Gandhi

Even as good and self-worthy as it sounds, sometimes the dance alone season is for God to do some cleaning up as well. There are some things that are in you that God needs to clean out before He sends you that special someone. — Marcus Ray Bryant Gill

One night we argued for a solid hour over who would win in a duel between Lord Voldemort and Darth Vader. I'm surprised we're still friends. — Adam Silvera