Persistently Annoying Quotes & Sayings

If 'pleasing the people' is the only criterion (of a 'big' leader), then going to war or pretending to go to war or simulating outrage and bad mouthing states you can do nothing about, is the playbook for you. — Khaled Ahmed

The new-born child does not realize that his body is more a part of himself than surrounding objects, and will play with his toes without any feeling that they belong to him more than the rattle by his side; and it is only by degrees, through pain, that he understands the fact of the body. And experiences of the same kind are necessary for the individual to become conscious of himself; but here there is the difference that, although everyone becomes equally conscious of his body as a separate and complete organism, everyone does not become equally conscious of himself as a complete and separate personality ... It is such that he, as little conscious of himself as the bee in a hive, who are lucky in life, for they have the best chance of happiness: their activities are shared by all, and their pleasures are only pleasures because they are enjoyed in common ... It is because of them that man has been called a social animal. — W. Somerset Maugham

I hope that we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country. — Thomas Jefferson

All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates. — Frank Chodorov

I don't think that you can rehash music that was born in the Fillmore East and came from a whole different set of social and emotional circumstances. The situation has changed. Let's get real about this. — Robert Plant

Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions. — Amitai Etzioni

I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. — Billy Zane

We must start to prepare for a warming world in the same way that we prepare for the possibility of terrorism - by making sure our infrastructure is secure and by working to minimize threats as much as possible. — Jackie Speier

No. Real love takes time to build. What you feel is just infatuation. (Geary) But it doesn't feel temporary. (Arik) It never does at its onset. It's only in hindsight that we realize the difference between infatuation and love. (Geary) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

If crisis was a cake, then our politicians are globally its baker. — Steve Merrick

The world is always in a hurry, but I teach My children patience. Live, expecting a full and joyous life. And learn to trust My perfect timing so that you may discover that all the pain found in waiting has a magnificent and awesome purpose. — Eric Ludy

And she couldn't lose the one thing holding her sanity together, even if he also drove her crazy — Cindi Madsen

Expectant. My chest bumps like a dryer with shoes in it. I compose what I project will be seen as a — David Foster Wallace