Short Funny Rain Quotes & Sayings

I think human beings are almost, by definition, religious people,in the sense that we ask questions of meaning, we anticipate future events, we deal with the issues of mortality from the first time we see a dead bird as a little child. — John Shelby Spong

There is an optimal balance, depending on the manner of man's life, between the density of human population and the tolerances of nature. This balance, in the case of the United States would seem to me to have been surpassed when the American population reached, at a very maximum, two hundred million people, and perhaps a good deal less. — George F. Kennan

I've learned from these events that self-esteem plays as much a part in the destiny of nations as it does in the lives of individuals; that self-hatred leads to the need either to dominate or to be dominated; that citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform their countries; in short, that self-esteem is the basis of any real democracy. — Gloria Steinem

We are inspired to write by divine force. — Lailah Gifty Akita

If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking ... is freedom. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Belief transcends ritual, structure and societal expectation. It is an enlivening, intensely personal core to our being. Our way of being. — Mary Anne Radmacher

Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. — Eustace Budgell

Some phrases just have a nice ring to them, y'know? Like, "The water sprite goes flowing down the river." Or, "Ahh, spring." "It's totally autumn." "Drop dead." "Stiff roundhouse kick." Or, "Thick soy broth." See? — Eiichiro Oda

Former Dublin newsman Paul Lynch made his debut as a novelist a few years ago with a book called 'Red Sky in Morning,' set in mid-19th century County Donegal, where a rage-driven farmer has committed a murder with devastating results. — Alan Cheuse

We're very blessed, just very fortunate to have the things we have. — Tim McGraw

I am not, I will not be.
I have not, I will not have.
This frightens all children,
And kills fear in the wise. — Nagarjuna