Thoreton Quotes & Sayings

I tended to hold love hostage in my heart because, if expressed, I feared it might abandon me as many people in my life had. — Patricia Cornwell

I was punished for communicating, — Mumia Abu-Jamal

I remember singing around the house to records that were playing. All kinds of music. And the great James Cleveland was often in our house, and I grew up with his sound as well. — Aretha Franklin

I did this scene in 'Lars and the Real Girl' where I was in a room full of old ladies who were knitting, and it was an all-day scene, so they showed me how. It was one of the most relaxing days of my life. — Ryan Gosling

I think therapy is a rather misguided notion of capitalist societies whereby the self-indulgent examination of one's life supersedes the actual living of said life. — Peter Cameron

Never for a moment have I had one doubt about my religious beliefs. There are people who believe only so far as they can understand
that seems to me presumptuous and sets their understanding as the standard of the universe. — Woodrow Wilson

My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering this room was intelligent enough to keep away from hot things, sharp things, and things carrying large stores of momentum. — Max Barry

There are things that once done can't be undone, things that once said can't be unsaid. — Lisa Gardner

Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with opposed ideologies in fruitful debate. The lively narratives, based on the author's experiences of working with various groups interested in using philosophical tools to clarify their thought and action, will engage a wide range of readers. — Gary Gutting

It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar. — Joanna Newsom

Like love we don't know where or why Like love we cant compel or fly Like Love we often weep Like Love we seldom keep — W. H. Auden

Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common ... Celebrate it every day. — Winston Churchill

Reading made me a traveler; travel sent me back to books. — Paul Theroux

Spontaneous combustion IS a form of harm, Mr. D, Chiron put in. — Rick Riordan

I had one more thing to add to my expanding world. — Jamaica Kincaid