Taizo Braden Quotes & Sayings

If the artist's will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things. — Robert Henri

So many killings of black men in my lifetime. The physical shock is astounding. — Alice Walker

BUILD UP YOUR CIRCLE ... A mind that perceives What can rationally be. A spirit that sees Innovative possibility. A heart that is open to Both beginnings and ends. A firm hand that fits readily To the reach of a friend. — Mary Anne Radmacher

Never do what you can't undo until you've considered well what you can't do once you've done it. — Robin Hobb

A language is the joint historical creation of millions of speakers. Although all speakers have some effect on the trajectory of a language, the process is not particularly egalitarian. Linguists, grammarians, and educators, some of them backed by the power of the state, weigh in heavily. But the process is not particularly amenable to a dictatorship, either. Despite the efforts toward "central planning," language (especially its everyday spoken form) stubbornly tends to go on its own rich, multivalent, colorful way. — James C. Scott

No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons. — Pope Paul VI

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life. — Rachel Weisz

The difference between congressmen and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors are spending their own money. — Tom Feeney

I fired the ball for the purpose of giving those dudes to understand upon what ground I stood, believing that those of this class who believe that there are no women capable of taking care of themselves when young, would inform their friends that they might be in danger of their lives if they approached me. — Mary Edwards Walker

The thought of Sarah Palin as president gives me acid reflux. — Christopher Buckley

I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and I think at the time he came across as quite appealing, it was probably the height of his popularity. — Anthony Holden

People made fun of my skinny legs. — Shawn Mendes

I wish theater criticism in this country could be more of a companion piece to the experience than a warning about where not to spend your money. — Anna D. Shapiro