Sowand Quotes & Sayings

Some shall reap that never sowAnd some shall toil and not attain. — Madison Cawein

The point of imperfection which we occupy
is it on the way up or down? — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write. — Ursula K. Le Guin

If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full? — Sojourner Truth

That was the trouble with people in general: they were surprisingly unrealistic in their expectations. — Alexander McCall Smith

You do everything everyone tells you to do because you're afraid that if you say no, they won't like you. — Eliza Gordon

It truly is ironic that we don't have time to enjoy the gadgets and luxuries we can afford on a large income rewarded from long working hours. We spend much of our weekends catching up on laundry, running errands, and cleaning the neglected bathroom. It's a chain-link downward spiral: We want stuff, so we work hard; our hard work allows us to buy stuff, but our hard work takes all of our energy, so we can't enjoy our stuff as much as we would like. — Tsh Oxenreider

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic. — George Soros

Japan needs to cooperate with China economically. This is understood better by the business community than the government. — Sadako Ogata

IF THE PONTIFF BELIEVES HIMSELF TO BE G-D, SO BE IT, BUT JUST AS I HAVE GIVEN I SHALL TAKETH AWAY. FOR IT WAS I, WHO BROUGHT MY PEOPLE UP AND OUT OF EGYPT, AND BY MY OWN HAND , I SHALL DELIVER THEM BACK AND LET THEM BRING THEMSELVES UP AND OUT FROM HELL — Alejandro C. Estrada

Imagine someone pointing to a place in the iris of a Rembrandt eye and saying, 'The walls of my room should be painted this color. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Warlords, dictators and terrorists are normally okay with the U.S., as long as they do the bidding of U.S. corporate interests. — Brendan Sexton III

Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men. — Warren Farrell