Ponderings Of A Small Quotes & Sayings

Strength in peace. Strength in love. Always. — Janice Anderson

It's hard to keep your backbone straight in America. It's easy to turn into that which you hate, and to get smashed. — Henry Rollins

Democracy is not a static thing. It is an everlasting march. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it. — Corazon Aquino

Let thy power be; the grace to pray. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In our hunger for guidance, we were ordinary. The American Freshman Survey, which has followed students since 1966, proves the point. One prompt in the questionnaire asks entering freshmen about "objectives considered to be essential or very important." In 1967, 86 percent of respondents checked "developing a meaningful philosophy of life," more than double the number who said "being very well off financially." Naturally, students looked to professors for moral and worldly understanding. Since then, though, finding meaning and making money have traded places. The first has plummeted to 45 percent; the second has soared to 82 percent. — Anonymous

There are certain things that I will do viscerally to affect people emotionally, with speed changes and sound, and various other things. Sure there are links; the same kind of sensibilities went into it and I worked on writing that script as well so there was an emphasis on a minimalisation of dialogue as far as possible, to focus on the visual and to put it in another language, of course. — Mel Gibson

I was trying to disturb the war. — Joan Baez

I say the one thing about luck is you can't really count on it. — Ron Livingston

The Sochi Games is not only my second Olympics, but the 'retirement stage' for me, so I want to have a greater experience than any other competition before. In the past, I had strong concepts for short programs and lyrical ones for the long. But this time, it's the other way around. — Kim Yuna

All media can muddy the mind. Language leads to literature. It also leads to dogma. — Jennifer Stone

Every scientific fulfillment raises new questions; it asks to be surpassed and outdated. — Max Weber