Togodiner Quotes & Sayings

In general people feel more relaxed about participating in politics. They aren't frightened as they used to be. — Aung San Suu Kyi

I am upset and completely disappointed in the government, the millionaires and billionaires in the U.S. See what's happening to the country? Look at all the health problems, the economy, the recession and crime. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Readers tend to tolerate such "accidents" ... when they get the characters into trouble but they're less accepting when the author uses them to rescue people. The "deus ex machina" ... in one stroke it renders meaningless all the efforts of the cast. — Thomas McCormack

We are rebels for a cause, poets with a dream , and we won't let this world die without a fight. — Albert Camus

When you attend a funeral, It is sad to think that sooner o' Later those you love will do the same for you. And you may have thought it tragic, Not to mention other adjec- Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do. (But don't you worry. — Tom Lehrer

The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story. — Bruce Feiler

There were a story scripted on the wall, no words used though, just pictures, memories, from another world. Her happy place. — Stine Saugmann

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way. — Franklin D. Roosevelt

The truth emerging from this scattered picture of nuclear proliferation is simple: there is a stronger chance of a nuclear bomb being used now than at almost any point in the Cold War. — Johann Hari

Was this what he wanted? Some sort of domesticated bliss? Yes. He decided. He wasted it all. The whole gift wrapped Christmas Catalog Family Package. — Michele De Winton

She read him a magazine article about how elephants could convey their movements to each other over long distances, warn of trouble and signal their readiness to mate. That's what prayer can do, too, she said, if people just knew how to pay attention. He didn't know about elephants or prayer or how unspoken things were transmitted but something in what she said must be true. Otherwise, how could he know what love felt like? — Charlie Quimby

Aesthetes have it all over intellectuals in one very important respect: You'll rarely catch us hustling anyone off to the nearest guillotine. We're too busy trying to make the world more beautiful. Our hands are stained with ink and paint, not blood. — Terry Teachout

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. — William Shakespeare

Negative publicity makes people forget your best times. — Lamar Odom

I don't personally have enough faith to be an atheist. — Rick Warren