Somebodiness Martin Quotes & Sayings

Politicians need human misery ... Government's a disease masquerading as its own cure. — L. Neil Smith

Dignity takes alarm at the unexpected sound of laughter. — Mason Cooley

The best traders are simply slaves to the market's price action — Steve Burns

It is my heart that's late,
it is my song that's flown. — Stanley Kunitz

There's nothing to be scared of, right Akhol?"
He said nothing as he stepped toward the rushing water that rolled around a big rock and was swallowed whole by impenetrable darkness.
"Right?" Andrew repeated, his voice swallowed by the sound of rushing water.
Akhol didn't respond again. He tapped a foot above the water before he stepped in and disappeared beneath the surface in one fluid motion. — Laura Kreitzer

When you experience your wisdom and the power of things as they are, together, as one, then you have access to tremendous vision and power in the world. You find that you are inherently connected to your own being. That is discovering magic. — Chogyam Trungpa

Flying alone! Nothing gives such a sense of mastery over time over mechanism, mastery indeed over space, time, and life itself, as this. — Cecil Day-Lewis

Someone once asked me what I regarded as the three most important requirements for happiness. My answer was: A feeling that you have been honest with yourself and those around you; a feeling that you have done the best you could both in your personal life and in your work; and the ability to love others. — Eleanor Roosevelt

If you can accept defeat and open your pay envelope without feeling guilty, you're stealing. — George Allen

I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear,
or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze. — Richard Bode

Tribally speaking... — Bella Bloom

perdition. She knew the poor tradesmen who were bankrupt by — William Makepeace Thackeray

I want to suggest some of the things that should begin your life's blueprint. Number one ... should be a deep belief in your own dignity. Your worth and your own somebodiness ... Always feel that you count. Always feel that you have worth, and always feel that your life has ultimate significance. — Martin Luther King Jr.

[The US is] naked, absolutely nude, to attack [by the Soviets]. — Dan Quayle