Tunisias Flag Quotes & Sayings

Jon pulled away to stare up into the captain's eyes, his expression serious. "So I'm to be your moral compass?" he said after a few breaths. At the captain's nod, one corner of Jon's mouth quirked up momentarily, just a twitch. "And if I can't stop you?" "That's what Tom is for," answered the captain, tugging gently on Jon's curls. — Bey Deckard

It is not strange that some of our revoltes preach trial marriage: for the only safe way to marry them at all would be on trial. Until you had definitely experienced all the human situations with them, you would have no means of knowing how, in any given situation, they would behave. They might conform about evening-dress, and throw plates between courses; they might be charming to your friends, and ask the waiter to sit down and finish dinner with you. Or they might in all things, little and big, be irreproachable. The point is that you would never know. — Katharine Fullerton Gerould

Entrenched customs represent a social equilibrium, and moving away from that equilibrium is difficult to do on your own. — Megan McArdle

Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect. — Charles Spurgeon

There are some places where history just grabs you by the jugular. This is one of them. — Simon Schama

I was a gay kid in high school in the late '90s, and I was in theater club. I was never a thespian. I was much more of a lighting guy or a backstage guy. Because I wanted to do something easy for the rest of my life, I thought, "Maybe I'll go and apply to colleges that specialize in theater set design. I'll do that. That's what I want to do." With theater, really, I'd be around the gays. — James Pearse Connelly

Love is a byproduct of deep appreciation. — Debasish Mridha

The second reason creativity is so fascinating is that when we are involved in it, we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Leaders who carry unresolved guilt are forced to hide a part of themselves from those to whom they are closest. They have a secret. They are forced to expend time and energy to ensure that no one finds them out. They know they are not completely trustworthy. Often they assume no one else is either. Guilty leaders have a difficult time trusting. Consequently, guilty leaders have a difficult time building teams. — Andy Stanley

the siren song/called silence — Steven Erikson

I want the good life, but I don't want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips. — Madonna Ciccone

This attempt to ban smoking is an example of social engineering on a vast scale. Such massive intervention in the private lives and choices of one quarter of our adult population recalls the extremism of Prohibition, the last national crusade against a supposed social evil. — Charles Orville Whitley

That ability to take in your surroundings and sort out the important stuff, to be aware, to be vigilant. Then take all that information, put it together, and see if it makes sense to you. — Paul Gleason

Well that was the silliest tea party I ever went to! I am never going back there again! — Lewis Carroll