Simple Celebrations Quotes & Sayings

I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it. I would hope to act with compassion without thinking of personal gain. — Thomas Aquinas

I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the fiction, rather than make an argument or an assertion. — Rachel Kushner

Romeo came forward and grabbed me by the shoulders. "What the hell were you thinking?"
I stared at him blankly.
He blew out a frustrated breath. "You got in between me and a chair, Rimmel."
"He was going to hit you," I said, grim. "I wasn't just going to stand there. I won't let him hurt you."
"I'd rather him hurt me than you." His voice was gentle. Then he smirked. "That chair wouldn't have hurt me anyway. — Cambria Hebert

How things are in the world is a matter of complete indifference to what is higher. God does not reveal himself in the world' (T — A.C. Grayling

things change, doesn't mean they get better — U.S. House Of Representatives

...9/11 was immediately understood not only as a tragedy for the United States and the city of New York but also as a global outrage, which took the lives of so many citizens from across the world. The headline emphasized the manner in which questions of identity were geographically and emotionally connected - the local (New York, Pennsylvania and Washington), the national (United States), and the global. Shortly afterwards, however, the event became reinscribed in overwhelmingly national terms - 'Attack on America'. Tragically, as former Vice President Al Gore has said, the United States has squandered that global goodwill and solidarity by its largely unilateral engagement in Iraq and other activities which have been judged by others to be inimical to international law, such as extraordinary rendition, detention camps, and the doctrine of pre-emption. We are certainly not all Americans now. — Klaus Dodds

I was not born under a rhyming planet, nor I cannot woo to in festival terms. — William Shakespeare

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, and others make it happen. — Michael Jordan

There are a couple of locations in 'The Hobbit' that are shared with 'Lord of the Rings.' — Peter Jackson

We are all getting tired of the Village Explainers. Explanations don't seem to be explaining very much anymore. Authoritative accounts have a way of looking like official lies, which in their solemnity start to sound funny. — David Shields

It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it. — Rachel Maddow

You're definitely a different person at different stages in your life. — Ben Harper

The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam. — Muqtada Al Sadr

I maintain that I never expect anything, therefore I'm always pleasantly surprised. — Lianne La Havas

You are here with a unique purpose. Stop letting others define you. Stop letting others dilute you. Don't be bullied or pressured into being less than you are. — Steve Maraboli