Pietate Parentum Quotes & Sayings

What else do you do with a life you didn't choose and can't get out of? You adapt and take whatever crumbs you can find so you don't let your soul or body starve. — Julia Kent

No authentic conservative metaphysic can be operable when the discipline of God and the discipline of the soul have been ceded to the doxai, the dialectical structures and superstructures of modern life. — George A. Panichas

Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from observing others one forms an idea of how new behaviors are performed, and on later occasions this coded information serves as a guide for action. — Albert Bandura

Yeah, it's pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days. — David Byrne

People must know the past to understand the present, and to face the future; — Nellie L. McClung

If I took it away, no doubt I'd find a morningstar hidden under your pillow within a fortnight. Try not to stab your sister, whatever the provocation. — George R R Martin

In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The more up-to-date the information, the more valuable it is. — Katie Jacobs Stanton

When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated. — Nawal El Saadawi

There's magic in stories, magic in hope, and magic in coming together. I have learnt from people's stories, been inspired by their hope, and been strengthened by their coming together. — Sharad Vivek Sagar

I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our mother church, although defiled with some infirmities and corruptions ... Let [the Papists] assure themselves, that, as I am a friend of their persons, if they be good subjects, so am I a vowed enemy, and do denounce mortal war to their errors. — King James I

Most people know how to set goals; few know how to achieve them. — Robert Kiyosaki

There was a naked jock on my bed and a thing with tentacles coming out of my toilet. One of these things did not belong, and if you tell me that it was the naked jock, you shouldn't be reading this story. — Johnny Murdoc

Perhaps it is worse when love has flowed freely to find it one day dammed. — Jeanette Winterson