Sherice Weaver Quotes & Sayings

Slippery use of the word "privilege" is part of a vogue of calling achievements "privileges" - a vogue which extends far beyond educational issues, spreading a toxic confusion in many other aspects of life. — Thomas Sowell

Old truths and ancient magic, revolution and invention, all conspire to distract us from the passion that in one way or another defeats us all. — Anne Rice

Don't be misled into believing that somehow the world owes you a living. The boy who believes that his parents, or the government, or any one else owes him his livelihood and that he can collect it without labor will wake up one day and find himself working for another boy who did not have that belief and, therefore, earned the right to have others work for him. — David Sarnoff

Prostitution is illegal in many places, but porn is not. But what is porn if not sex for money, caught on camera? What the law actually prohibits then is having paid sex in private and not allowing anyone to watch. — Merlyn Gabriel Miller

Optimism is not fantasy. It hopes for the best reality without departing from it. — James Randall Robison

I've seen prayers answered. But often, in my experiences, if you get what you pray for, you've really shortchanged yourself. — Anne Lamott

You ask for your audience's investment in your music; you're in a relationship with them. And their relationship with the E Street Band is separate from whatever else I might do. I like the idea of us being something that people rely on. — Bruce Springsteen

For the sake of comfort we give up knowing the world" This is something that has been in my head since I was a teenager and I cannot be sure it is original. In the book, I have credited it to that famous wit "anon". Does anybody know the source? — Anonymous

I'm not a lady, Arya wanted to tell her, I'm a wolf. — George R R Martin

I Like Gay Men, Right Ken? — Eminem

The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth. — Emile M. Cioran

Rich or poor, all come full of devotion and with no inner misgivings to lay their offerings before the gods and to pray for their blessing. Is there any people so uniformly attached to their religion and so obedient to it in their daily life? I have always envied the Tibetans their simple faith, for all my life I have been a seeker. Though I learned, while in Asia, the way to meditate, the final answer to the riddle of life has not been vouchsafed to me. But I have at least learned to contemplate the events of life with tranquility and not let myself be flung to and fro by circumstances in a sea of doubt. — Heinrich Harrer

I didn't want to just be another girl singer. I wanted there to be something that set me apart. — Taylor Swift