Stauder Alfabetisk Quotes & Sayings

Extremism certainly sounds bad, and governments often try to make it sound worse by using the word terrorism in the same sentence. But the word has little meaning. There is no doctrine called extremism. When tyrants speak of extremists, they just mean people who are not in the mainstream - as the tyrants themselves are defining that mainstream at that particular moment. Dissidents of the twentieth century, whether they were resisting fascism or communism, were called extremists. Modern authoritarian regimes, such as Russia, use laws on extremism to punish those who criticize their policies. In this way the notion of extremism comes to mean virtually everything except what is, in fact, extreme: tyranny. — Timothy Snyder

It was what made him good at team sports: soccer, basketball, politics. Miller — James S.A. Corey

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. — Martin Scorsese

Sacrifice to me is something you do without expecting something in return. — Marilyn Manson

Authentic inspiration endows individuals with mental or spiritual energy which they are then able to transform into positive action. It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams they may have for their lives, or, exercising sufficient strength of will to make those dreams a reality. — Aberjhani

Those who are not capable of sinning are said that they have attained freedom. The knowledge of the Truth raises them even more. This makes them both free and above this world. But only Love creates. He who became free thanks to knowledge, because of Love remains a slave of those who have not managed to attain the Freedom of knowledge yet. He brings the knowledge to them and this develops the latter because it calls them to the Freedom. Love takes nothing: how can it take something? Everything belongs to it. It does not say, "This is mine! And this is mine!" But it says: "This is yours!" — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

God wasn't love, couldn't be love. Because for me, love was a corpse. — Ellen Hopkins

I threw it down the air shaft. There's a concrete floor below. — Ayn Rand

A person motivated by love rather than fear will not only obey the letter of the law, but will eagerly seek out new ways to carry out business with transparency and integrity. — Timothy Keller

The actor side of me loves to get dressed up and I feel like Cinderella when I'm in diamonds. — Virginia Madsen

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting. — Curtis Sittenfeld

I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially. — Larry Wall

Those unuttered words of your smile can rewrite the history of this wonderful world. — Debasish Mridha