Robin Wednesbury Quotes & Sayings

The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. — Thomas A Kempis

This rule of silence is upheld when the culture refuses everyone easy access even to the word "patriarchy." Most children do not learn what to call this system of institutionaliz ed gender roles, so rarely do we name it in everyday speech. This silence promotes denial. And how can we organize to challenge and change a system that cannot be named? — Bell Hooks

After trying out a number of ways to reduce inequalities and failing, I was gradually forced to conclude that the decisive factors were the people, their natural abilities, education and training. Knowledge and the possession of technology were vital for the creation of wealth. — Lee Kuan Yew

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them. — T.D. Jakes

God doesn't punish people who take their lives. They need him more than anyone else. - General George Patton — Scott Middlemist

Historical materialism has every reason to distinguish itself sharply from bourgeois habits of thought. Its founding concept is not progress but actualization. — Walter Benjamin

When we change our thoughts, we can truly change the world. — Louise Hay

It is criminal negligence to leave suckers lying around to tempt honest men. — Wilson Mizner

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots. — Bob Schaffer

A man who wears his heart on his sleeve is a rarity, yet often underappreciated. — Mir Waiss Najibi

Nothing I can do. There will be raging fires, and hundreds, maybe thousands of people lying dead in the streets. And it will all - all of it - be my fault. — Elyn R. Saks

Cellar Christians!" Foyle exclaimed. He and Robin peered through the window. Thirty worshipers of assorted faiths were celebrating the New Year with a combined and highly illegal service. The twenty-fourth century had not yet abolished God, but it had abolished organized religion.
"No wonder the house is man-trapped," Foyle said. "Filthy practices like that. Look, they've got a priest and a rabbi, and that thing behind them is a crucifix."
"Did you ever stop to think what swearing is?" Robin asked quietly. "You say 'Jesus' and 'Jesus Christ.' Do you know what that is?"
"Just swearing, that's all. Like 'ouch' or 'damn.'"
"No, it's religion. You don't know it, but there are two thousand years of meaning behind words like that."
"This is no time for dirty talk," Foyle said impatiently. "Save it for later. Come on. — Alfred Bester

Wherever it is resisted, slaver dies away and freedom grows. — Henry Charles Carey

Alvin smiled back, and kissed her. People talk about fools counting chickens before they hatch. That's nothing. We name them. — Orson Scott Card

And Doubt and Discord step 'twixt thine and thee. — Lord Byron

To receive children's love and to come home to a child who runs to you with a hug, among the
most powerful emotional experiences available. — Dennis Prager