Ominent Quotes & Sayings

Animal rights are not a gift we give to animals. They are a birthright we have taken from them. — Ryan Phillips

Who has courage to say no again and again to desires, to despise the objects of ambition, who is a whole in himself, smoothed and rounded. — Horace

Being privileged to work hard for long hours at something you think is worth doing is the best kind of play. — Robert A. Heinlein

But my heart isn't simple or straightforward. It's a complicated mess of wants and needs, boys and girls: soft, rough, and everything in between, an ever-shifting precipice from which to fall. — Tess Sharpe

When Lafayette met him in 1775, the first volume of Raynal's 1770 History of the Two Indies had already been banned, which is to say it was a popular success, the Catholic Church's Index of Forbidden Books being the unofficial bestseller list of the day. — Sarah Vowell

A job is something we do to get a paycheck and pay our bills. Jobs are legitimate, at times, but work is why we are here in the universe. Work and calling often go together. — Matthew Fox

The main function of the museum has been to serve as a pedestal upon which a clique of socialites pose as patrons of the arts — Albert C. Barnes

I think I started out just loving the attention. But that's changed into a real love and passion for my profession. Acting has never lost that challenge and excitement for me. — Jane Badler

That lovely things exist is a lovely thought. — Robert Walser

I am strongly of the opinion that chronology is very important. The great arc of time is what children are wired for. — Simon Schama

There is no cross, big or small, in our life which the Lord does not share with us. — Pope Francis

Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He wants them to surrender their consciousness to his assertions, his edicts, his wishes, his whims - as his consciousness is surrendered to theirs. He wants to deal with men by means of faith and force - he finds no satisfaction in their consent if he must earn it by means of facts and reason. — Ayn Rand