Taneskins Quotes & Sayings

Only recently, during the nineteenth century, and then only in Europe, do we meet forms of the state which have been created by a deliberate national feeling. — Christian Lous Lange

It's a grace feather. See how its colors shift from green to blue, like the sea? It means remembrance. It shows that no distance, no amount of water between two people, will make them forget. Someone gave it to say that they remembered you. — Kirsty Logan

There is no insistence where there is pure love. Insistence is infatuation (deep attachment). — Dada Bhagwan

When we put too much hope in a candidate or a party we set ourselves up for disappointment. When I see a poster with [Barak] Obama's image with the word "hope" under it, something in me cringes - our hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness, the old hymn goes, all other ground is sinking sand. — Shane Claiborne

Part of what academics do is generate ideas and teach. The other, perhaps more important part, is to play the role of "the Bu*l*hit Police." Our job is to look at the ideas and plans interested parties put forward to solve our collective problems and see whether or not they pass the sniff test. Austerity as a route to growth and as the correct response to the aftermath of a financial crisis does not pass the sniff test. — Mark Blyth

Understand there is a price to be paid for achieving anything of significance. You must be willing to pay the price. — John Wooden

I can remember feeling very angry, and saying no! I can do it myself! From that point of view it was very emotional for me to get myself to the point to sit in the chair and be 'up'. — Gregory Hines

Men are willing to keep their evil characters if they can but get rid fo their evil reputations. They are scrupulously studious of appearances. — F.W. Boreham

I don't want you to hate me. You have every reason to, I know. But I don't want that to be the end of our story. — Abigail Boyd

I should've let her walk right out the door, but something about Nadya made it tough for me to be the asshole I wanted to be. — Lisa Kessler

Ometimes discipline is the truest form of kindness. — Robin Sloan

The government is a very large constructor. They have schools, colleges, hospitals and courts, offices. We are trying to influence the public works department to adopt green buildings. — Jamshyd Godrej