Twilightofidols Quotes & Sayings

As discussed in chapter 4, during Jim Crow, racial stigma contributed to racial solidarity in the black community. Racial stigma today, however - that is, the stigma of black criminality - has turned the black community against itself, destroyed networks of mutual support, and created a silence about the new caste system among many of the people most affected by it.58 The implications of this difference are profound. Racial — Michelle Alexander

There are no sweeter words in the English language (or any other) than husband and wife. — Lanier Ivester

It is probably worth stating here that nobody wants to fail. We all want to succeed, whether we are entrepreneurs, sportsmen, politicians, scientists, or parents. But at a collective level, at the level of systemic complexity, success can only happen when we admit our mistakes, learn from them, and create a climate where it is, in a certain sense, "safe" to fail. — Matthew Syed

He found himself still with too many questions and not enough answers. — Stephen King

This divineness had that in it which, though commanding worship, at the same time enforced a certain nameless terror. — Herman Melville

I don't really try to predict what can and will happen with things. Sometimes you think something's gonna be a huge success, and it isn't. And sometimes you pay no attention to something whatsoever, and God just makes it into everything. — Donna Summer

I don't love dolls. I love women. I love their bodies. — John Galliano

Indignation leads to the making of poetry.
[Lat., Facit indignatio versum.] — Juvenal

She picked up the phone and dialed Blake's number. His silky hello made her smile.
"You're smiling, right?" His voice was so intimate.
"Of course," she murmured. "Does it still count if you don't see it?"
"It counts when I feel it," he replied. — Debra Anastasia

The finished product is not finished when the actor is. The work is completed by a pair of shears. — Josef Von Sternberg

This should be the motto of every follower of Jesus Christ. Never stop praying no matter now dark and hopeless it may seem. — Billy Graham

The fact that we live without God is, in a sense, not up to us. It's not really a choice ... But goodness is a choice. It is the most important choice we can ever make. And we have to make it again and again, throughout our lives and in every aspect of our lives. — Greg M. Epstein

I'll love you forever," I hear her whisper.
And even though I've said it a hundred times. A thousand. I say it again.
"I love you, angel. Forever. — Victoria Scott