Scalesif Quotes & Sayings

Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him. — Veronica Roth

Efforts to remove the Christian faith from subjects like American history distort the content of the subject. Just as wrong is the idea that an evangelical textbook publisher should make it appear that evangelicals played a major role at every point in the history of the U.S. All such efforts are a travesty of history. — Ronald H. Nash

Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has in the past. — Samuel P. Huntington

How do you control another person? Two ways. Trust, or fear. People and animals will follow you if they trust you. But trust must be earned. And it is earned by people who are good and great. So if you're neither good nor great, you can only use fear ... — J.H. Myn

That's the problem with heartbreak, to you it's like an atomic bomb but to the world it's just a cliche because in the end we all have the same experience. — Olivia

If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try. — W. H. Auden

I have known only one way of carrying on missionary work, viz., by personal example and discussion with searchers for knowledge. — Mahatma Gandhi

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. — Richard Diebenkorn

However intrinsically loony an idea may be, when people believe it, and act on that belief, it attains a power that can shape reality around it. A simple case in point is Nazi anti-Semitism. The fringe and utterly bogus notion that Jews represented a kind of biological contamination that had to be eradicated root and branch became the operative philosophy of a political regime and as a result millions of people died. — Richard B. Spence

Meaningful change is always painful. It's always resisted. And it's always awkward. — Amy Daws

Emily And her love to be Carved in a heart On a berry tree But it's only a little farewell lovespell Time to design a woman — Laura Nyro

In fact, numerous scientific laboratory tests and field observations have led to the conclusion that animals are conscious, intelligent, emotional beings. They are not machines and truly feel physical pain when it is inflicted upon them. They are capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions, including loneliness, embarrassment, sadness, longing, depression, anxiety, panic, and fear, as well as joy, relief, surprise, happiness, contentment, and peace. — Sharon Gannon

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse — John Bonham

If we move in mass, be it ever so circuitously, we shall attain our object; but if we break into squads, everyone pursuing the path he thinks most direct, we become an easy conquest to those who can now barely hold us in check. — Thomas Jefferson

In the courtroom, watch the balance of the scalesIf the price is right, there's time for more appealsThe strings are pulled, the switch is stayedThe finest lawyers fees are paidAnd a rich man never died upon the chair — Phil Ochs