Trivializing America Quotes & Sayings

Was it a millionaire who said, "Imagine no possessions"? — Elvis Costello

What a rebellious act it is to love yourself naturally in a world of fake appearances. — Nikki Rowe

The worse the newspapers speak of the world, the better I feel. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

I spent 22 years in the United States military, so I'm a pretty strategic level thinker. — Allen West

We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty. — Bill Bradley

It comes down to something really simple: Can I visualize myself playing those scenes? If that happens, then I know that I will probably end up doing it. — Jessica Lange

I think there are a lot of really positive aspects to social media for novelists. Even though our work is pretty solitary, through Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook and Instagram and blogging in general, we're better able to connect directly with readers. — Holly Black

That which had grown from the earth, to the earth, But that which has sprung from heavenly seed, Back to the heavenly realms returns. This is either a dissolution of the mutual involution of the atoms, or a similar dispersion of the unsentient elements. — Marcus Aurelius

Few things accelerate the peace process as much as humbly admitting our own wrongdoing and asking forgiveness. — Lee Strobel

Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it. — Etienne Gilson

As a matter of fact, even when I finished law school, I had no notion of public service then. — David Dinkins

The nearer the dawn
the darker the night. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow