Pollyannas Opposite Quotes & Sayings

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most influential woman in Washington - for what she has accomplished and for what she may yet do: win the presidency. — Ron Fournier

At first the people in the town were frightened; they knew Shadrack was crazy but that did not mean that he didn't have any sense or, even more important, that he had no power. [ ... ] Once the people understood the boundaries and nature of his madness, they could fit him, so to speak, into the scheme of things. — Toni Morrison

Live as a stranger on the earth.
For this earth of ours is no planet. — Rasu-Yong Tugen

I'm not any different from you or the guy down the street or across the globe, we're all connected in some way and hopefully my music can integrate that feeling of human connectedness. — John McLaughlin

Try to realize it's all within yourself no one else can make you change, and to see you're only very small and life flows on within you and without you. — George Harrison

Facebook without friends is like a hospital with no relative and a few medical attendants to ask about you at scheduled time.. Life without friends is like the coffin about to get buried into the graveyard.. — Himmilicious

I don't forgive people, but I don't let them bother me either! — Nehali Lalwani

He would never want to diminish that event, that blow. It was nothing less than a calamity. It has shrunk his world, turned him into a prisoner. But escaping death ought to have shaken him up, opened windows inside him, renewed his sense of the preciousness of life. It has done nothing of the sort. He is trapped with the same old self as before , only greyer and drearier. Enough to drive one to drink. — J.M. Coetzee

At a time when the current and two former US presidents have admittedly indulged, as have politicians of all stripes from Al Gore to Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin and over 50% of the adult US population, the credibility tipping point of the War on Drugs propaganda has long been passed. All that appears to be missing is the political courage to admit failure and move on to more realistic and efficient policies. What will it take for decision makers to display the wisdom and garner the courage to end the disastrous War on Drugs and responsibly take charge of drug production and trade instead of leaving it in the hands of extremely dangerous and powerful international criminal organizations? — Jeffrey Dhywood

Human behavior is timeless. — Barbara Tuchman

People want to think that staying in shape costs a lot of money. They couldn't be more wrong. It doesn't cost anything to walk. And it's probably a lot cheaper to go to the corner store and buy vegetables than take a family out for fast food. — Florence Griffith Joyner

Unreasonable is very relative. — Lakshmi Pratury

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit. — Edwin Percy Whipple

Something is born, comes into being, something which did not exist before - which is as good a definition of creativity as we can get. — Rollo May

Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge. — Ramana Maharshi