Plaetes Quotes & Sayings

Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living. — Deepak Chopra

Slowly I would get to pen and paper, Make my poems for others unseen and unborn. In the day I would be reminded of those men and women, Brave, setting up signals across vast distances, considering a nameless way of living, of almost unimagined values. — Muriel Rukeyser

God. I haven't been very good.
The metal whined in protest.
I could have tried harder. I could've been a better person. I stand before you now as I am. I make no excuses.
The beams gave, bending.
Please, have mercy on me, — Ilona Andrews

The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish,' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option. — Jennifer Armintrout

Scanning through her friend requests, I delete all the males who requested to be her friend. I don't like those creepy fuckers. — K. Webster

But pain ... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain? — Lois McMaster Bujold

It's still very difficult for me to rely. Your weakness, the blessing of your weakness is it forces you into friendships. The things that you lack, you look for in others. — Bono

Do I really smother my own joy because I believe that anger achieves more than love? That Satan's way is more powerful, more practical, more fulfilling in my daily life than Jesus' way? WHy else get angry? Isn't it because I think complaining, exasperation, resentment will pound me up into the full life I really want? When I choose-and it is a choice-to crush joy with bitterness, am I not purposefully choosing to take the way of the Prince of Darkness? Choosing the angry way of Lucifer because I think it is more effective-more expedient-than giving thanks? — Ann Voskamp

I suppose young people think football is glamorous - soccer - it's big money and the stars of it, they look good and have a great big house and a huge Ferrari. — Bryan Ferry

It is not about Republicanism, it's about conservatism. — Mark Davis

It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side. — Molly Ivins

Talking about peoples lived experiences is a powerful way to mobilize them. We can create new rules. — Celinda Lake

Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open. — Gerry Adams

The times I am most frustrated in homeschooling is when I become focused more on my plans than His plans. I must spend more time daily looking up for his divine direction than I do looking down at my lesson plans. — Tamara L. Chilver

Of course I do my own stunts. And I also do my own lying. — Roger Moore