Timeflies Tuesday Quotes & Sayings

One blames politicians, not for inconsistency but for obstinacy. They are the interpreters, not the masters, of our fate. It is their job, in fact, to register the fact accompli. — John Maynard Keynes

Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself. — Jean Francois Revel

Life is Continuous learning process! — Kshitij Patukale

My heart wants roots
My mind wants wings.
I cannot bear
Their bickerings. — Yip Harburg

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. — Samuel Johnson

I never felt like someone who was boyish and coming to terms with asking girls out or anything like that, which was what 'The Big Steal' and 'Spotswood' were about. But I guess that's the impression I left on people. — Ben Mendelsohn

they shared mortals' reluctance for either reading instructions or calling customer support. — Rick Riordan

Of what value is your life, unless you are willing to sacrifice it for those you love? — Wayne Gerard Trotman

When I talk about intersex, people ask me, 'But what about the locker room?' Yes, what about the locker room? If so many people feel trepidation around it, why don't we fix the locker room? There are ways to signal to children that they are not the problem, and normalization technologies are not the way. — Alice Dreger

Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets. It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and our anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it. — Fred Rogers

I've never really been into flags of any kind, cause flags can bring people together, but they always bring people together against other people, and I don't really consider myself to be a patriot in the sense that I say, 'okay, this is my nation,' I consider myself to be a child of this whole planet. — Michael Franti

I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child. — Maurice Sendak

If you came from Mars and tried to analyse British or American society through novels, you'd think our society was preponderantly full of middle-aged, slightly alcoholic, middle-class, intellectual men, most of whom are divorced from their families and have nothing to do with children. — Mark Haddon

I do not understand, why should mankind destroy each other?. Instead of building and working together for the common good? — Lailah Gifty Akita