Solicited Proposal Quotes & Sayings

When the moon sails out
with a hundred faces all the same,
the coins made of silver
break out in sobs in the pocket. — Federico Garcia Lorca

He wiped away the tears, tenderly, and I forgot to weep as he told me silently everything I always wanted to hear. — Lilith Saintcrow

I see the main problem of my life, and indeed anybody's life, as the balancing of competitive freedoms ... a sense of mutual obligations that have to be honored, and a legal system which can be trusted to step in when that sense fails. — Rebecca West

Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors. Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness.4 — Michael Shermer

When it comes to our Constitution, judges perform, certainly, an important role. But the people, acting through their elected representatives, should play an even more important role. — Mike DeWine

All just order in the world is based on this, that man give man what is his due. — Josef Pieper

I like to win at everything I do. — Josh Koscheck

I've been 6 ft. 2 ins. since I was 13. — Saskia De Brauw

I'm sure Bobby won't want them to be losing the match before winning it. — Ron Atkinson

Cup check, she heard Bradley Grayson, an arrogant freshman lacrosse player, yell as he slammed his forearm, without warning, into Sam Wolfe's groin.
Sam, naked, bent over and clutched himself, thrusting his large, pale, Sasquatch-like hairy, pimply ass right in her face.
This was every girl's greatest fear come to life. The Gates of Hell had opened. She would never, she thought, be allowed to enjoy a moment's pleasure without an eternity of pain in exchange. For little Damen, she'd have to endure a LOT of Sam. The metaphor was not lost of Charlotte.
And it got worse. As Same clenched, a tiny involuntary puff of sulfurous gas escaped. For the first time ever, she was glad to be dead, for no other reason than his butt smelled as bad as it looked ... Was it even possible to die twice? — Tonya Hurley

I think that a great song needs the full package. I think that a great song needs everything from lyrics, to melody, to music, and it needs to be interesting and it needs take you in and swallow you and swish you around, and then regurgitate you back in better form. — William Beckett

In simple words, whatever you were born to do, you were equipped to do it. You are a whole equipment for success! — Israelmore Ayivor

A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day. — John Boyle O'Reilly

Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least as passionate, at least as mobilized and well-funded as the NRA and the gun manufacturers are because the politics in Congress are such where even members of Congress who know better are fearful if they vote their conscience and support common sense measures like background checks, they're worried they're going to lose. — Barack Obama

One of the most infuriating traits of some philanthropoids is their practice of dragging out grantmaking decisions beyond any reasonable time frame, while failing to offer any clear signals about the real likelihood of approval. When the proposal has been solicited by the foundation in the first place - which is usually the case nowadays - this behavior is even more reprehensible. — Joel L. Fleishman