Unsophistications Quotes & Sayings

The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us. — Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

I was a marionette. He loved pulling the strings. — Ruta Sepetys

"From the reign of Nero to that of Antoninus Pius," Gibbon says again, "the Jews discovered a fierce impatience of the dominion of Rome which repeatedly broke out in the most furious massacres and insurrections. Humanity is shocked at the recital of the horrid cruelties which the Jews committed in the cities of Egypt, of Cyprus, and of Cyrene, where they dwelt in treacherous friendship with the unsuspecting natives ... In Cyrene they massacred 220,000 Greeks; in Cyprus 240,000; in Egypt a very great multitude. Many of these unhappy victims were sawed asunder ... " — Nesta Helen Webster

A reminder that mood is a consequence of circumstance, not location. — Nathan Millward

I tried to imagine Tate on ice skates. This vision didn't form in my brain likely because Tate's badassness reached across four states and halted such activity. — Kristen Ashley

I'm a great cleaner. I'm actually kind of addicted to cleaning. I could clean anything. — Sinead O'Connor

The sheep-like tendency of human society soon makes inroads on a child's unsophistications, and then popular education completes the dastardly work with its systematic formulas, and away goes the individual, hurtling through space into that hateful oblivion of mediocrity. We are pruned into stumps, one resembling another, without character or grace. — N. C. Wyeth

I would walk into the Carnegie Library and I would see the pictures of Booker T. and pictures of Frederick Douglass and I would read. I would go into the Savannah Public Libraries in the stacks and see all of the newspapers from all over the country. Did I dream that I would be on the Supreme Court? No. But I dreamt that there was a world out there that was worth pursuing. — Clarence Thomas

He's not dead. But I have a feeling he's bored. That's worse. — Agatha Christie

I love Kashi. I eat cereal like a little kid. I carry it in my purse. — Carrie Underwood