Rathfelder Retirement Quotes & Sayings

I cherish the fantasy, even the hope, of adventures in other realms to come. But how can we choke out that most precious of all gifts, life, with the rope of religion around our necks? It chokes out freedom with dogma. It pinions us to the stake of superstition. — Gerry Spence

Fearing the worst is worse than knowing the worst. — John Jeremiah Sullivan

The selfie is the new way to look someone right in the eye and say, 'Hello, this is me.' — James Franco

I went up to the terrace again and looked out on the tawny, many-alleyed city. At night it looked carved from brown sugar. — Pat Conroy

Because that was what we all did - we searched for labels for people until we found one we thought might fit, and then we sighed in relief that we had placed them. — Erin McCarthy

In the first place, an unjust law exists in this Commonwealth, by which marriages between persons of different color is pronounced illegal. I am perfectly aware of the gross ridicule to which I may subject myself by alluding to this particular; but I have lived too long, and observed too much, to be disturbed by the world's mockery. — Lydia M. Child

It takes a strong heart to drive on clogged arteries. — Tim McCarthy

I love that feeling of, you know, we are women, we are so different, our imperfections are what make us unique and beautiful. — Gisele Bundchen

People don't dislike change, they dislike being changed. — Dean Ornish