Segurent Quotes & Sayings

Society works not because we have consciously invented it, but because it is an ancient product of our evolved predispositions. It is literally in our nature. — Matt Ridley

But if anyone were to conduct his life by reason He would find great riches in living a peaceful life And being contented; one is never short of a little But men want always to be powerful and famous So that their fortune rests on a solid foundation And they can spend a placid life in opulence. There isn't a hope of it; to attain great honours You have to struggle along a dangerous way And even when you reach the top there is envy Which can strike you down like lightning into Tartarus. For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. — Lucretius

I am asking the state of Israel to revoke my citizenship. This wish for revocation of citizenship is neither new nor recent. Now, however, it is supported by the new Revocation of Citizenship Law. — Mordechai Vanunu

Even the bold will fly when they see Death drawing in close enough to end their life. — Sophocles

The doctrine of foods is of great ethical and political significance. Food becomes blood, blood becomes heart and brain, thoughts and mind stuff. Human fare is the foundation of human culture and thought. Would you improve a nation? Give it, instead of declamations against sin, better food. Man is what he eats [Der Mensch ist, was er isst]. — Ludwig Feuerbach

The anger that had flooded her veins was so pure, she thought it must have turned her blood to acid. You could read a hundred books about the attitudes and beliefs of the past, but the impact of witnessing this casual, ignorant cruelty firsthand was like having a bucket of ice upended over your head. It forced Etta to see that the centuries padding this time and hers, along with simple privilege, had protected her from the true ugliness of it. People believed this trash, and they were spreading it around like it was nothing. Like they weren't even talking about humans. Etta — Alexandra Bracken

They're not your words, but you're reciting the lines. — Matthew Sweet

What my work is about is, 'Can something that is not an inanimate object be considered valuable?' — Tino Sehgal

Comedians usually are rooting for the underdog. I mean to take a shot at an underdog I think is really stupid and low and not funny. — Joy Behar

There is no other help or hope for human weakness but God's love and patience. — Louisa May Alcott

Equality is truly sweet. — Kristin Chenoweth