Thomas Bagels Quotes & Sayings

Concentration of wealth and power has been built upon other people's money, other people's business, other people's labor. Under this concentration, independent business has been a menace to American society. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

What was a shadow, after all, but a shape in the moving world reduced to a projection of possibilities? — Yoon Ha Lee

Human beings need land even more so than they need money; the monopoly of land - not the monopoly of money - is the primary driver of poverty and inequality. Once we understand that the issue is lack of affordable access to land, and therefore to community, we understand why the value of land has to be shared. — Martin Adams

The spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

That's why it is so dangerous to use infatuation as a sign to pursue a relationship. If you and I don't know the difference between infatuation and love, we are destined to make some of the dumbest and most regrettable decisions we'll ever make. These bad decisions come with heavy and painful price tags. So you see, it's imperative in this tricky business of "falling in love" that we take the time to clearly define what we mean by the word "love." The investment will pay off handsomely. We can actually learn how to avoid future relational baggage and how to recognize authentic love relationships when we clarify two crucial issues: (1) what love is, and (2) what the difference is between love and infatuation. — Chip Ingram

My main problem is that over and over again, I try to get all my characters to say stuff that I think is so witty or erudite you know, so that everybody will go. — Anne Lamott

I guess some people want to be performers because they want to be famous. — Jenny Slate

Now it's complicated. — Jamie McGuire

Disagreements between incompatible beliefs cannot be settled by reasoned argument because reasoned argument is drummed out of those trained in religion from the cradle. — Richard Dawkins

The hobbits began to feel very hot. There were armies of flies of all kinds buzzing round their ears, and the afternoon sun was burning on their backs. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Nice guys finish best — Bemy Wells

The most common lesson of history is that the butchery of one mass of people by another is, in the minds of the butchers, sanctioned by their god. — Dee Hock

It was stunning actually, because what you would hope for from our national leaders is some reflection, some understanding that the situation that we encountered in Iraq was not what we expected, that it was not what he said it would be. — Chris Van Hollen

Most of all, it teaches you that your body is not just a sort of jar made out of meat that you lug around because it's what you keep your brain in, but an equal and in fact quite opinionated and demonstrative partner in the joint production that is you. — Hanne Blank