Ramdani Hidayat Quotes & Sayings

Because secrecy can become an addiction. That's been a problem as long as people have tried to covet power for themselves. Sure, governments need to keep some secrets, but too often the people inside the government create for themselves the illusion that because they know things nobody else does, it makes them more powerful. That kind of thinking creates a kind of contempt for anyone on the outside. It's born from a belief that their own power will diminish in direct proportion to the transparency of their actions. So secrets become the currency that buys them membership into a club so exclusive that their agendas are never shared, and the value of what the hold is measured only from a first-person perspective. — Jonathan Maberry

I remember as a teen being able to eat more than my father. I was growing so fast and my body couldn't keep up. — Saskia De Brauw

Soul is nothing but the functional expression of protoplasmic activity in the brain. — Abhijit Naskar

My mother always said I was special." "Well, she got that right, I suppose. She just didn't know how." "She also mentioned 'especially stubborn' from time to time. — Matt Forbeck

Oh Lord, help me change my ways, Show a litlle mercy on judgement day, It aint me I was raised this way, Never let em' play me for a busta, Makin' hell for a huslter. — Tupac Shakur

Concentrate on counting your blessings and you'll have little time to count anything else. — Woodrow M. Kroll

Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it. — Jim Clyburn

Shared, the pain was double, but only half so crippling. She couldn't bring herself to wish for the strenght to stand alone. — Betsy Cornwell

The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. — Edward Young