Thanksgiving 2015 Quotes & Sayings

It was nearly winter. I had just seen a friend die, and was again beginning to take pleasure in my own existence. This friend, who thought of himself as the "first man to experience pain", had nevertheless tried up to the last moment to wish death away. I was thankful for all things and decreed: Enjoy yourself, take advantage of your days of good health. — Peter Handke

The moment that we think we know, we've lost our perspective on wisdom. — Diana Butler Bass

Perhaps we have never been more than vocal and perhaps soon we can hope to be no more than thoughtful ... — Lionel Trilling

Be patient. Don't force your experiences on others. The moving of spirit is a great mystery, and how or why or when certain people wake up is beyond us. Let people have their own experiences. — Rob Bell

And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol. — Mark Spitz

True strength isn't in killing - or ignoring - your opponent, it's in having the will to shield those who need your protection. — Ilona Andrews

It seems far-fetched, even preposterous, to blame the global economic order for the persistence of severe poverty in countries that are ruled by obvious thugs and crooks. — Thomas Pogge

What, do you think that feminism means you hate men? — Cyndi Lauper

(1) I am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. (2) I am of the nature to have ill-health. There is no way to escape having ill-health. (3) I am of the nature to die. There is no way to escape death. (4) All that is dear to me and everyone I love are of the nature to change. There is no way to escape being separated from them. (5) My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground on which I stand. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Some of the best songs that artists perform year after year are ones they hated. — Kara DioGuardi

If loneliness is the disease, the story is the cure.
— Richard Ford

I am responsible for myself. I am exactly who I eventually wanted myself to be, I guess, without consciously knowing what I wanted me to be. — Harlan Ellison

In the Middle East, it is clear that peace will never be reached without solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A two-state solution must be found and enforced. — Ahmed Zewail

Our country was hit on 9/11, 2001. Everybody in the world knows that. It hasn't been easy to deal with a different kind of enemy, but that is what we have, a different kind of enemy. — Kay Bailey Hutchison