Purgation Island Quotes & Sayings

It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable. — William Penn

Then the white man talk about how some people trying to use smooth talk to win people over and how totalitarianism always happens with consent and we nod like we understand. — Marlon James

One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community. — Ed Smith

People have been cherry-picking the Bible for millennia to justify their every impulse, moral and otherwise. — Sam Harris

In my mind, there is no reason public school reform should be a partisan issue. — Michael Bennet

If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. — William James

The rich cannot accumulate wealth without the co-operation of the poor in society. — Mahatma Gandhi

If ever I address you with an intimacy, you'll know it. — Courtney Milan

I'm going to show you a technology today which takes insults and criticisms out of the airwaves. (Marshall puts on giraffe ears) With this technology, it will be impossible for you to hear criticisms, harsh remarks, or insults. All you can hear is what all people are ever saying, "please" and "thank you". What used to sound like criticism, judgment, or blame, you will see, are really tragic, suicidal expressions of "please". — Marshall B. Rosenberg

At the back of my mind there is always a fear the depression could return but I do all the right things. I try to get the right amount of sleep because I know that I need sleep to function and I need to eat properly and to do some exercising. — Melanie Chisholm

On one side was a table occupied by some chattering girls, cutting up silk and gold paper; and on the other were tressels and trays, bending under the weight of brawn and cold pies, where riotous boys were holding high revel; the whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others. — Jane Austen

I did know once, only I've sort of forgotten. — A.A. Milne

I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. — Peter Weir