Uprisin Quotes & Sayings

In the very shadows of doubt a thread of reason (so to speak) begins, by whose guidance we shall escape to the clearest light. — Thomas Hobbes

It seems to me that not only the writing in most children's books condescends to kids, but so does the art. I don't want to do that. — Chris Van Allsburg

What we know of the world comes to us through words, or, to look at it from the other direction, when we write a sentence, we create a world, which is not the world, but the world as is appears within a dimension of assessment. — Stanley Fish

- but you know they're still doing it. Stoppin' 'em just made 'em go underground. Bill says he wouldn't be surprised if there was another Nat Turner Uprisin', we're sittin' on a keg of dynamite and we just might as well be ready, Hester said. — Harper Lee

We are all incredibly different and rather than being something to be ashamed of, that's something to really celebrate. — Lissa Rankin

We would go back and maybe not say that thing to our dad that we said, or maybe be a little nicer to someone who we cared about and had a relationship with when we were young. You know, they're subtle things, but we carry those with us forever. And I think that regret and time travel are intrinsically linked to me. — Colin Trevorrow

He'd discovered that his memories of that summer were like bad movie montages - young lovers tossing a Frisbee in the park, sharing a melting ice-cream cone, bicycling along the river, laughing, talking, kissing, a sappy score drowning out the dialogue because the screenwriter had no idea what these two people might say to each other. — Richard Russo

Money never declines. Money just moves. — Richard M. Kovacevich

What would Integrity have me do? — Azim Khamisa

I look in the mirror, and I work with the brightest person I know. — George Lois

We've all become so conscious of how we'll be perceived and so frightened to
possibly offend someone that we've filtered ourselves to what borders on dishonesty. Sure, as my wife constantly reminds me, you don't have to say everything you think; but when did speaking plainly become such a sin? — Aaron Blaylock