Sir John Thompson Quotes & Sayings

When the West overpowered native populations, these actions, no matter how violent, were rationalized as manifestations of the natural order of things. "Manifest destiny" and "social Darwinism" laid the foundation for violent improvement of the world. Europeans saw themselves as superior and naturally born to rule. They believed that their domination of faraway lands brought "civilization" to the natives. In return, the rulers of the empires benefited. "The purpose of colonies was to supply the mother country with raw materials and to provide a market for her manufactured goods, — Eric Bogosian

It felt terrific. It felt deeper and richer than laughter. It felt like opening a door and tumbling headfirst into a pile of feathers. — Leslea Tash

The field of human relations in Freud's sense is similar to the market - it is an exchange of satisfaction of biologically given needs, in which the relationship to the other individual is always a means to an end but never an end in itself. — Erich Fromm

As far as the charge against me is concerned I have a clear conscience. — Wilhelm Frick

why count the buses? probably because they're recognizable and regular:they cut up time, they punctuate the background noise; ultimately, they're foreseeable — Georges Perec

If the atheist believes that suffering is bad or ought not to be, then he's making moral judgments that are possible only if God exists. — William Lane Craig

I bet I wouldn't have been kidnapped if my pet raptor was riding shotgun" — Katie McGarry

Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be better than them. — Elvis Presley

My father always taught by telling stories about his experiences. His lessons were about morality and art and what insects and birds and human beings had in common. He told me what it meant to be a man and to be a Black man. He taught me about love and responsibility, about beauty, and how to make gumbo. — Walter Mosley

No matter what office LBJ assumed he lifted greater than when he found it. — David Pietrusza

God is truly to be found in the weak things of the world. — Michael S. Horton

Nothing before, nothing behind; The steps of faith Fall on the seeming void, and find The Rock beneath. — John Greenleaf Whittier