Sacjumc Quotes & Sayings

Having said that, I must now admit that I was still afraid of human beings, and before I could meet even the customers in the bar I had to fortify myself by gulping down a glass of liquor. The desire to see frightening things - that was what drew me every night to the bar where, like the child who squeezes his pet all the harder when he actually fears it a little, I proclaimed to the customers standing at the bar my drunken, bungling theories of art. — Osamu Dazai

Women should be someone and not something. — Mary Cassatt

Validated learning — Eric Ries

Then, as if getting blown up is not enough to worry about, after I take a seat on the steps, I get a look at the choir. Thirty singers and from where I'm sitting, it looks like only two of them are black. It's not like I'm saying suburban white people shouldn't sing. Because I love Van Halen's Hot for Teacher. — Sarah Vowell

When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling. — Ted Rall

Much as he detested Filch, Harry couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for him, though not nearly as sorry as he felt for himself. — J.K. Rowling

To believe in dreams is to spend half your life asleep. — Lisa See

This lifestyle provides the mobility to choose your locations just on a whim. Mobility is freedom to explore. With an RV all you need to do is find a place to park and wander as long as you like. Home is there when you need to relax and refresh. — Beth Inman

Just because you can't experience everything doesn't mean you shouldn't experience anything. — Nicola Yoon

Although science and technology open up boundless opportunities, they also present great perils because Satan employs these marvelous discoveries to his great advantage. — James E. Faust

The proliferation of creative power can transform the world for all of its inhabitants. — Timothy Simpson

Before 2013, if you said the NSA was making records of everybody's phone calls and the [Government Communications Headquarters] was monitoring lawyers and journalists, people raised eyebrows and called you a conspiracy theorist. Those days are over. — Edward Snowden

It was my turn to stand at the foremast-head; and with my shoulders leaning against the slackened royal shrouds, to and fro I swayed in what seemed an enchanted air. No resolution could withstand it; in that dreamy mood loosing all consciousness, at last my soul went out of my body; though my body still continued to sway as a pendulum will, long after the power that first moved it is withdrawn. — Herman Melville

For years we've been campaigning against the rule that women can't vote. That's the barrier. Once it's broken down, people will see further concessions as mere technicalities. It will be relatively easy to get the voting age lowered and other restrictions eased. — Ken Follett