Olivers Travels Quotes & Sayings

We're happier when the assholes are villains. — Christopher Bram

Nature is simply the environment on earth in which man finds himself, and to treat it as a separate being in the image of man is sheer nonsense. — Murray Rothbard

Thought is not what inhabits a certain conduct and gives it its meaning; rather, it is what allows one to step back from this way of acting or reacting, to present it to oneself as an object of thought and to question it as to its meaning, its conditions, and its goals. Thought is freedom in relation to what one does, the motion by which one detaches from it, establishes it as an object, and reflects on it as a problem. — Michel Foucault

The deepest bonds of unity are forged through the trial of competing ideals that have compatible values. — Wes Fesler

It is true that a mathematician who is not somewhat of a poet, will never be a perfect mathematician. — Karl Weierstrass

Never let the life to remain as an image outside of your window! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

This is the kind of thing that makes sense to them; this is a language they know. They know what to do with'disease'. They know how to attach a doctor's medical descriptions to hope. — Amy Reed

Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary safety are not deserving of either liberty or safety. — Benjamin Franklin

The truth is that male religious leaders have had - and still have - an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. — Jimmy Carter

If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your do not measure up to this. For, in truth, He has not opened if for you but out of a desire to make Himself known to you. Do you not know that He is the one who presented the knowledge of Himself to you, whereas you are the one who presented Him with deeds? What a difference between what He brings to you and what you present to Him! — Ibn Ata Allah

Love is excruciating, especially when you can feel it slipping through your fingers and there is nothing you can do about it. Like someone was playing tug-of-war with my limbs, ripping to shreds whatever was left behind. What it would feel like when love was lost ... I wouldn't survive that. I closed my eyes willing the tears to stay hidden behind my eyelids and focusing on breathing in and out instead of the pain that was ramming in my heart. — Julie Hockley

And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don't know me yet. — Billy Sunday

The surest cure for vanity is loneliness. — Tom Wolfe

Thou art God'. It's not a message of cheer and hope. It's a defiance - and an unafraid, unabashed assumption of personal responsibility. — Robert A. Heinlein