Pletzels Quotes & Sayings

Famine is good to the corn-merchant, evil to the poor, and indifferent to those whose fortunes can at all times command a superfluity. Ambition is evil to the restless bosom it inhabits, to the innumerable victims who are dragged by its ruthless thirst for infamy, to expire in every variety of anguish, to the inhabitants of the country it depopulates, and to the human race whose improvement it retards; it is indifferent with regard to the system of the Universe, and is good only to the vultures and the jackals that track the conqueror's career, and to the worms who feast in security on the desolation of his progress. It is manifest that we cannot reason with respect to the universal system from that which only exists in relation to our own perceptions. — Christopher Hitchens

Disgust at idols strengthened his love for idolaters, and the man who once held Gentile neighbors at a distance now listened to their problems, fears, and temptations. — John Charles Pollock

When we hurt each other, when we destroy & kill by words or deeds. When we deface the spirit of humanity-we destroy ourselves in the process! — Timothy Pina

Well. Miracles never cease.'
'Amen to that.'
Which, upon reflection, was a very strange thing to hear a vampire say. — Carrie Vaughn

I haven't read Horowitz. I didn't used to read him when he was a Stalinist, and I don't read him today. — Noam Chomsky

I would love it if, even for one day, you could walk through a neighborhood and see an Asian guy sitting on his stoop, then you look across the street and see a black guy and a white guy sitting on their porches, and a Mexican dude walking by. — Eminem

That's the thing about driving: You're alone but you're everywhere. You're standing still but moving really fast. It's just like perspectives constantly changing. — Galcher Lustwerk

People frequently ask me if adverse criticism bothers me. I've had a lot of it, and I have been able to shrug most of it off. — Warren Giles

Imagine how different those classrooms could be if hundreds of Nigeria's most talented recent graduates and professionals channeled their energy not only into the country's banks, but into making education in the country a force for transformation. — Wendy Kopp

Lots of little good things make you happier than a handful of big things. — Abdul'Rauf Hashmi

There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs. — Mitt Romney