Peter Rollins Insurrection Quotes & Sayings

There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Immersed this spring in research for this chapter, I was sorely tempted to plant one of the hybrid cannabis seeds I'd seen for sale in Amsterdam. I immediately thought better of it, however. So I planted lots of opium poppies instead. I hasten to add that I've no plans to do anything with my poppies except admire them - first their fleeting tissue-paper blooms, then their swelling blue-green seedpods, fat with milky alkaloid. (Unless, of course, simply walking among the poppies is enough to have an effect, as it was for Dorothy in Oz.) — Michael Pollan

The hardest part of it was really being away from my family - I have two small children. Last year I took over 20 business trips, so being away from them was hard. — James Daly

Obama's rhetorical overtures to democracy, it turned out, were just a decoy to conceal his unwavering determination to govern from the far left. — Sean Hannity

I've long believed that one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation that anyone's child, even from the humblest of families, could grow up to own a business or a corporation. Thomas Jefferson dreamed of a land of small farmers, of shopowners, and merchants. Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Homestead Act that ensured that the great western prairies of America would be the realm of independent, propertyowning citizens-a mightier guarantee of freedom is difficult to imagine. — Ronald Reagan

Oh, my God. They were going to sleep together, with no sleeping involved. — Carolyn Jewel

We prepare for success by acquiring virtues. — Ted Malloch

I saw my role as prime minister's wife as being human towards other humans and not treating them badly. — Margaret Whitlam

How tall are you, Constantine?" I asked, unable to hide my tears.
Constantine narrowed her eyes at me.
"How tall is you?"
"Five-eleven," I cried. "I'm already taller than the boys' basketball coach."
"Well, I'm five-thirteen, so quit feeling sorry for yourself. — Kathryn Stockett

Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy. — Billy Bob Thornton

I love how men like my books just as much as women do. It's a great compliment; one I did not expect. — A.S. Wilshire

I have been made to protect you. Even in death, I will find a way. — Leigh Bardugo

Capitalism is very far from a perfect system, but so far we have yet to find anything that clearly does a better job of meeting human needs than a regulated capitalist economy coupled with a welfare and health care system that meets the basic needs of those who do not thrive in the capitalist economy. If we ever do find a better system, I'll be happy to call myself an anti-capitalist. — Peter Singer