Plonked Def Quotes & Sayings

Not only did waging war against Hitler fail to save the Jews, it may be that the war itself brought on the Final Solution of genocide. This is not to remove the responsibility from Hitler and the Nazis, but there is much evidence that Germany's anti-Semitic actions, cruel as they were, would not have turned to mass murder were it not for the psychic distortions of war, acting on already distorted minds. Hitler's early aim was forced emigration, not extermination, but the frenzy of it created an atmosphere in which the policy turned to genocide. — Howard Zinn

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you. — Bethany Hamilton

The girl in front of me had the face of a woman that would bring men to their knees.
Men just like me. — Ella Frank

Whatever phase of life you are in, make time to pause and reflect where you are heading to. It is a good time to insert a comma now and realign yourself to your inner self before your life ends in a full stop. — Roopleen

I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again. — John Perry Barlow

He never went to church, which Bailey and I thought also proved he was a very courageous person. How great it would be to grow up like that, to be able to stare religion down, — Maya Angelou

I have no problem going on record with this and probably have gone on record with this before, there aren't that many people who I respect. There just aren't. — Marc Jacobs

Bravery comes one day at a time. — Courtney C. Stevens

And I kind of said to myself if I get my voice back I'm not going to take back the old anxiety about it and just focus on the limitations. I'm really going to enjoy it. — Rosanne Cash

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression. — Julianna Baggott

Cory wondered if maybe some people were better off dead. When you're dead you don't have to face the horrors of life, whether it's striving to be the best, dealing with something bad you or somebody else did, dealing with someone's death or anything. Most people, if not everyone, had a reason to die. Dead people can't even be upset about dying because they're dead. — Jesse Haubert