Shandles Ira Quotes & Sayings

You have people who are good at English but don't have the training in Buddhism or Shambhala, or they have the training but are not good in English. Getting that mixture is really rare. — Sakyong Mipham

I have kind of a personality defect in that I find the word 'no' hard to articulate. — Mal Peet

The sage is one with the world, and lives in harmony with it. — Laozi

We say we need to clean up the environment; to clean up the environment, we need to be richer. But maybe getting richer is actually making us poorer. — Herman Daly

We imagine things - that we wouldn't be able to survive, but in fact, we do survive. We have no choice, so we do it. — Joan Didion

Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us. — Al Capp

A sense that with the blessings that God bestowed upon this land, came the responsibility to make the world a better place. — Marco Rubio

The Church Fathers teach us that a shattered heart is the most pleasing gift to God. It is the sign that we are conscious of our sins, of the evil we have done, of our wretchedness, and of our need for forgiveness and mercy. — Pope Francis

Where did you get that dress?
I stole it from a homeless person," I say straight-faced. "She was lying right beside the stripper that gave you yours. — M. Leighton

The Democrats say we ought to give Barack Obama credit for trying. That sounds like the nonsense of giving every kid a trophy for showing up. Friends, we're talking about leading the country, not playing on a third-grade soccer team! I realize this is the man who got a Nobel Peace Prize for what he would potentially do, but in the real world, you get the prize for producing something, not just promising it. — Mike Huckabee

People would always say to me, "Why are you wearing such large frames?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you." — Iris Apfel

I'm a bit of a political geek anyway, so you tend to write how you think the rhythms of an administration will go. — Armando Iannucci

Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind. — Luigi Pirandello

Something wild can happen to anybody and I caution anybody that walks out on the street, just settle your accounts before you leave the house every day. — Bill Murray

A victory is scored when your opponents are forced to debate issues they would rather leave ignored — Owen Jones