Optativa Quotes & Sayings

We are not good because of the good we do but we are good and so we do good. — Newton Gatambia

When journalists and politicians speak of a dwindling middle class that's under economic assault and a poor community that's getting bigger, they're talking about Ferguson. Independent of the racial demographics and dynamics of Ferguson, Missouri, there's a 'Ferguson' near you. — Jesse Jackson

I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that. — Cameron Russell

Well, well," answered a cool, amused voice from somewhere above us. "And here you are again. Ethan Chase, your family does have a knack for getting into trouble. — Julie Kagawa

one needn't be born into a beautiful life in order to have one. — Alyson Richman

Scuse me - gotta hurry home - left the chillun on the stove. — Walt Kelly

And there was a wonderful thing that tended to happen, something that felt like poetic justice: every time someone started shouting about the supposed monopoly of the Circle, or the Circle's unfair monetization of the personal data of its users, or some other paranoid and demonstrably false claim, soon enough it was revealed that that person was a criminal or deviant of the highest order. One was connected to a terror network in Iran. One was a buyer of child porn. Every time, it seemed, they would end up on the news, footage of investigators leaving their homes with computers, on which any number of unspeakable searches had been executed and where reams of illegal and inappropriate materials were stored. And it made sense. Who but a fringe character would try to impede the unimpeachable improvement of the world? — Dave Eggers

I think each negotiation should be based on what's the best decision - taking everything into account, not taking one thing into account. — Tony La Russa

Be careful what you
Think you want, it can only
Be just what it is. — T.C. Eisele

The knowledge of personal failure ... is the invaluable predicate of all honest compassion. — Anne Truitt

Sometimes it takes a meltdown to cool down. — Evinda Lepins