Ruairidh Ross Quotes & Sayings

History has taught us that the idea of superpower is for a political maniac to design the art of control over other countries. — Nilantha Ilangamuwa

I like the classics! — Greg Kinnear

The glorification of one race and the consequent debasement of another - or others - always has been and always will be a recipe for murder. There is no way around this. If one is permitted to treat any group of people with special disfavor because of their race or the color of their skin, there is no limit to what one will force them to endure, and, since the entire race has been mysteriously indicted, no reason not to attempt to destroy it root and branch. — James Baldwin

I live life in spirit of love and light. — Lailah Gifty Akita

And they shook hands, hit each other on the
shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and
nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions. Within a mile
Ennis felt like someone was pulling his guts out hand over hand a
yard at a time. He stopped at the side of the road and, in the whirling
new snow, tried to puke but nothing came up. He felt about as bad as
he ever had and it took a long time for the feeling to wear off. — Annie Proulx

You do not preach and encourage hatred for the Negro and hope to restrict it to that field. It is an old, old story. It is one repeated over and over again in history. When the wolves of hate are loosed on one people, then no one is safe. — Ralph McGill

Our thoughts and actions must in no way be determined by the approval or disapproval of our time, but by the binding obligation to a truth which we have recognized. — Adolf Hitler

Treat everyone with the sweetness of love and respect. — Debasish Mridha

Poetry is a connection to a change within you. — Katerina Stoykova Klemer

I say that glorious prose is a fine and laudable thing, but without an enthralling story, it's just so much verbal tapioca. Simply put, the best books have both, and the best writers disparage neither. — Jean Hanff Korelitz

The speaker was the size of a tall — Robert B. Parker

There is parody, when you make fun of people who are smarter than you; satire, when you make fun of people who are richer than you; and burlesque, when you make fun of both while taking your clothes off. — P. J. O'Rourke

I never look forward. I live for today. If you think about what's going to happen in a year, in two years, then you begin to plan. And plans never come true. — Alexander Ovechkin

Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is impossible to watch a 'Friends' episode too many times. Phoebe is my favourite character. I used to play her songs on the guitar when I was a teenager. 'Smelly Cat' is very easy. It's only about three chords. — Michelle Dockery