Sedulously Def Quotes & Sayings

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state. — Adam Michnik

Yet if he upbraided her in his hurry, it was to repent bitterly his temper the next, and to feel its effects more than she, temper being a weapon that we hold by the blade. — James M. Barrie

She had this way, when she wasn't talking about foreign politics or global warming, of making sense of all the complex things I never knew how to describe. — Julie Murphy

The World is full of fools and crackpots - people who were never given tools to fill their lives up with, and consequently have made their lives so meaningless the only way they can feel good about themselves is to look around and see who they're better than. When they can't find someone, they create someone. Their ideas are meaningless- right up until we start to fight against them. We're the ones who give power to the bigots. We make their ideas real by opposing them. — Chris Crutcher

My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English language. — Jean Hanff Korelitz

Name is precious; it carries inside it a language, a history, a set of traditions, a particular way of looking at the world. — Laila Lalami

Jokes are so personal, and they bring us together in so many ways. — Mike Birbiglia

May the surprises in your lives always be good ones.
And may the people in your lives treat you kindly and fairly.
And may the choices and sacrifices you make in your lives be the right ones for you.
May you be blessed in every way, and happy in your lives. — Danielle Steel

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing. — Jenna Bush

Too often the revolutionary is the man who must create order in the chaos left by failed conservatives. — Bernard Crick

In the past, censorship worked by blocking the flow of information. In the 21st century, censorship works by flooding people with irrelevant information. People just don't know what to pay attention to, and they often spend their time investigating and debating side issues. — Yuval Noah Harari

The living have no place at the feasts of the dead. — George R R Martin

I love a woman who can out-eat me. — Beau Mirchoff