Rishis Institute Quotes & Sayings

SOmetimes life isn't fair, and straight people are straight up crazy. — RuPaul

As David lifted a suitcase onto the conveyor belt, he came to an unexpected and troubling realisation: that he was bringing himself with him on his holiday. Whatever the qualities of the Dimitra Residence, they were going to be critically undermined by the fact that he would be in the villa as well. — Alain De Botton

What's up with the statue routine?" Trez muttered. "Someone move your My Little Pony collection again? — J.R. Ward

It is the media that controls the boundaries of what is politically permissible, so better to change the media. Profit motives work against it, but if we can have the audience understand that most other forms of journalism are not credible, then it may be a forced move. — Julian Assange

I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don't feel disempowered as a black woman. — Shonda Rhimes

I just called to see if you're loving anybody today. If you're not loving somebody, you're wasting your time. These are my words of wisdom, from this side of eighty." -Paul Mason — Ruth Ray

When you are happy with what you have, you are the happiest. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Hell has ways of permeating heaven's membrane. — Rohinton Mistry

The key to preaching, then, is to make the message of the text obvious. Help people to see it and feel it. Help people to understand the text. Paul is talking about what I would call 'expository preaching', in which the message of the text is the message of the sermon. — J. Gary Millar

I know when things feel a little, like, intrusive and when they don't. I don't have a lot to hide. But I do sometimes think, don't share everything. — John Legend

I realized how love could insulate a person from just about anything. Especially self-love. — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Like the oxytocin you get as a mom makes you forget everything constantly. And I'm a totally different person after having a kid. — Larkin Grimm

One problem with test-based accountability, as currently defined and used, is that it removes all responsibility from students and their families for the students' academic performance. NCLB neglected to acknowledge that students share in the responsibility for their academic performance and that they are merely passive recipients of their teachers' influence. — Diane Ravitch

It's strange how so much life can be lived without speaking — Adele Griffin