Roakes Gladstone Quotes & Sayings

The anti-suffragist talk of sheltering women from the fierce storms of life is a lot of cant. I have no patience with it. These storms beat on woman just as fiercely as they do on man, and she is not trained to defend herself against them. — Susan B. Anthony

We wanted to set a good example for the growing number of divers watching. — Lloyd Bridges

Hast thou not learnd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords Unblest, and that the battle is the Lords? — William Cowper

With gentleness, you will calm every aggressive action. — Lailah Gifty Akita

All the sadness, all the hurt in the past making this moment all the sweeter. If pain is the weight of being, love is the purpose. — Pierce Brown

Everyone should feel alive. Should smash up against passion and danger, against temptation and anticipation. You have to push the envelope sometimes,because otherwise how do you know what your limits really are? — J. Kenner

Christians are not powerless. We have the mighty power of God available through God the Holy Spirit, even in this world. — Billy Graham

Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays. — Jonathan Swift

Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't rebel against the Queen and then become the Queen yourself. I attribute much of the blame to testosterone-male dominance and patriarchy. — Chuck D

They were signed Love, Martha, but Lieutenant Cross understood that Love was only a way of signing and did not mean what he sometimes pretended it meant. At — Tim O'Brien

How do I convince him that the way we study Talmud is not a threat?'
'But it is a threat, Reuven. I just told you it is a threat. In the hands of those who do not love the tradition it is a dangerous weapon.'
'Everything is dangerous in the wrong hands. How do I convince him that we're not a threat? — Chaim Potok