Shokoufandeh Quotes & Sayings

We should have charity for what the dead say. We may disapprove of what they say, but we should not insult them and revile them knowing they cannot not defend themselves. — John Lithgow

Iris from sea brings wind or mighty rain. — Empedocles

Observe this fact: in the history of mankind, every ruler who has lacked personal greatness has been forced to compensate for the deficiency by setting up the executioner at his right hand like a guardian angel — Alfred De Vigny

On with the chase. — Gordon Korman

It's really not rocket science. If animals are not mere things; if they have moral value, we cannot justify eating, wearing, or using them particularly when we have no better reason than palate pleasure or fashion. If you are eating, wearing, or using animals, then your actions say that you regard them as mere things, despite what your words say. — Gary L. Francione

People are so afraid of hearing "No" that they often don't even try. You have nothing to lose by just asking! A good friend of mine once told me, "Harv, a closed mouth won't get fed." Open your mouth! Say something if negotiations aren't going the way you'd like. — T. Harv Eker

The enemy's gate was down. — Orson Scott Card

A lot of cats are not that social. — Jack Hanna

set apart to be his tumbrils of the Revolution. But that Woodman and that Farmer, though they work unceasingly, work silently, and no one heard them as they went about with muffled tread: the rather, forasmuch as to entertain any suspicion that they were awake, was to be atheistical — Charles Dickens

Who wants to be a millionaire? And go to ev'ry swell affair? — Cole Porter

When I sat down beside them, their silence was lined with tenderness. We have to admire the world for not ending on us. — Colum McCann

Regardless of the importance of known evidence to the contrary, the arts are generally regarded as being so much entertaining fluff, a commodity that isn't a priority in the traditional program of learning. This is unacceptable in a so-called 'enlightened' society. — Ken Danby

The only way we can give our children the best education in the world and prepare them for the next century is by funding the programs that serve them. — Paul Newman