Shtulim Quotes & Sayings

Identity would seem to be the garment with which one covers the nakedness of the self: in which case, it is best that the garment be loose, a little like the robes of the desert, through which one's nakedness can always be felt, and, sometimes, discerned. This trust in one's nakedness is all that gives one the power to change one's robes. — James Baldwin

God sees the giants looming over you. It doesn't look like anything good could come from your situation, but God can use anything for His glory. — Jennifer Jackson Linck

It was just me, naked as underneath my clothes right now, as all of you are. — Tilda Swinton

Problem with the big philosophers is they cared about ideas more than people. Hegel would probably have stepped over a guy trying to slit his wrists outside a bar - to get to all the people he could sit and bullshit with inside. Did you know half of philosophy was first put into words by people shot in the ass? — Carol Plum-Ucci

The FBI's information network was a classic closed network: not only could outsiders not access information in it, but also, the system was designed so that documents were carefully shielded from other members of the organization, a legacy of an institution predicated on secrets and "need to know" restrictions. — Steven Johnson

Nothing but pain, stuck in this game, searching for fortune and fame. — Tupac Shakur

To fill the hour--that is happiness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

By honing the sentences you used to describe the world, you changed the inflection of your mind, which changed your perceptions. — George Saunders

In order to make any permanent changes, you have to be willing. Willing to see things differently. Willing to experience new ideas. Willing to listen to the people who cheered you on rather than ones who echoed your fears. — Rhonda Britten

The American Dream is not being dependent on the federal government for your health care, for your automobile, for your college education, for your student loan on and on and on. — Marsha Blackburn