Unseating Congress Quotes & Sayings

You're like some wild bird, aren't you? Batting its wings and flying against the cage door. Even if it hurts you. Even if it kills you. You won't stop. Even if on one is out to hurt you, you wont stop." He tucks a strand of hair behind my ear, and I flinch at the brush of his fingers on my skin.
I shrug, slap at his hand "So what? You just described everyone in here. All of us."
"No, the rest of us will keep to this cage. It's protection from the dangers outside. In here, we have shelter. Freedom. Each other. We wait for the door to open, and when its safe, only then do we go out. You? You don't care as long as you're gone. Away from the rest of us. — Sophie Jordan

You can't rest on yesterday's growth. You must be dedicated to growing today ... and every day. — Jim George

Self-esteem and identity are very fragile things. I think a lot of times, those are the motivations for why people do take their own lives - not being seen, not being recognized, not being loved, not feeling supported, not feeling understood. — Nate Parker

When we practice viewing others as perfect right now, we increase our capacity to view ourselves with more compassion, kindness, and self-love. — Anella Wetter

I have assumed my clear commitment to a Trinitarian orthodoxy was sufficient evidence that I have not intentionally ignored the role of the Holy Spirit. It may be true, however, that my work has been so Christ-centred, I may have given the impression that the Holy Spirit is an afterthought. — Stanley Hauerwas

We are solitary creatures that come together in packs so we can survive as a species. We'll do anything to preserve the social status quo, including omit, deny, and lie. Complete honesty would be detrimental to the survival of the race. — Chelsey Philpot

If the second dinosaur to the left of the tall cycad tree had not happened to sneeze and thereby fail to catch the tiny, shrew-like ancestor of all the mammals, we should none of us be here. — Richard Dawkins

Happiness is a hard master, particularly other people's happiness. — Aldous Huxley

What does it mean to be psychic? Essentially it means to feel, rather than think all the time. — Frederick Lenz

A liberal is a conservative who hasn't been mugged yet ... — Frank Rizzo

I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo. — Martin Gore

For some reason, my hair always looked best right before bed, and what good was that? — Ruta Sepetys

So for online people, death doesn't happen. People go online to hide from death and wind up hiding from life. — Joe Hill

The situation in Gaza is intolerable. Not one destroyed house has been rebuilt
Ppl cannot live w the dignity they deserve — Jimmy Carter

Life is not a rehearsal — Nina Levison