Shookened Quotes & Sayings

There's one white powder which is by far the most lethal known, it's called sugar ... The Caribbean back in the 18th century was a soft drug producer: sugar, rum, tobacco, chocolate. And in order to do it, they had to enslave Africans. — Noam Chomsky

When Toni Morrison said she writes the kind of books she wants to read, she was acknowledging the fact that in a society in which "accepted literature" is so often sexist and racist and otherwise irrelevant or offensive to so many lives, she must do the work of two. She must be her own model as well as the artist attending, creating, learning from, realizing the model, which is to say, herself. — Alice Walker

I really want to be just a singer-songwriter. That's who I am. — Jessica Simpson

I always say that I would go poor eating my way through New York because I like to try everything. — Tia Mowry

That's the only way to get where you want to go: one step at a time. — Margaret Blair Young

The greatest enemy of hunger for God is not poison but apple pie.
It is not the banquet of the wicked that dulls our appetite for
heaven, but endless nibbling at the table of the world. It is not
the X-rated video, but the prime-time dribble of triviality we
drink in every night. — John Piper

Headlines, in a way, are what mislead you because bad news is a headline, and gradual improvement is not. — Bill Gates

If you find yourself in some difficulty, step aside, and allow Buddha to take your place. The Buddha is in you. — Nhat Hanh

It is godlike to unloose the spirit, and forget yourself in thought. — Nathaniel Parker Willis

Stand often in the company of dreamers: they tickle your common sense & believe you can achieve things which are impossible. — Mary Anne Radmacher