Rancho Humilde Quotes & Sayings

What happy and successful single people are threatening is not the institution of marriage but the cultural consensus on its special value. Same-sex marriage does not threaten the institution of marriage, either. The sticking point (or at least one of them) is that large numbers of Americans remain unconvinced that gay men and lesbians are the moral equivalent of straight people. To them, keeping marriage pure and sacred means keeping same-sex partners out. — Bella DePaulo

But you could've at least told me. Instead of dropping me like a one night stand, you could've had the decency to break up with me instead of leaving me wondering for years ... — Gayle Forman

Zen approaches it from the practical side of life-that is, to work out Enlightenment in life itself. — D.T. Suzuki

I've been a National Front member since I was 17, and active supporter for a long time. — Marion Marechal-Le Pen

A cad of the lowest order with a soul as black as his fingernails. — P.G. Wodehouse

I'm really interested in stories about identity - who I am now versus who I used to be. — Seth Gordon

Loyalty is very important when things get a little tough, as they often do when the challenge is great. Loyalty is a powerful force in producing one's individual best and more so in producing a team's best. — John Wooden

In old Egypt, it was established law, that the vote of a prophet be reckoned equal to a hundred hands. I think it was much under-estimated. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse. — Jasper Fforde

We are on the earth, and they tell us of heaven; we are human beings, and they tell us of angels and devils; we are matter, and they tell us of spirit; we have five senses whereby to admit truths, and a reasoning faculty by which to build our belief upon them; and they tell us of dreams dreamed thousands of years ago, which our experience flatly contradicts. — Frances Wright

I judge the people and the nations by their ideals; the higher the ideals, the profounder the person, the greater the nation. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

As we go forward in attempting to control bump drafting in those areas, there's going to be some very subjective calls being made. That's the reason we'd like to get this under way as quickly as possible ... Hopefully we don't have to make a call. But if we do make a call in the twins, it wouldn't be quite as painful as having to make it in the Daytona 500. — John Nelson Darby

Channel the power of anger into the admirable qualities of passion, strength, and conviction or courage. Use quiet, carefully modulated words surrounding an edge of steel. — Gerald J. Lieberman