Urbancikarang Quotes & Sayings

Regarding speculative matters that are of no practical moment, and followed by no consequences to himself, farther, perhaps, than that they foster his vanity the better the more remote they are from common sense; requiring, as they must in this case, the exercise of greater ingenuity and art to render them probable. — Rene Descartes

I think that humor is part of what saves us from despair. — John Perry Barlow

We are saved not by what we can do or accomplish but by our fealty to revolt, our steadfastness to the weak, the poor, the marginalized, and those who endure oppression. We must stand with them against the powerful. If we remain true to these moral imperatives, we win. And I am enough of an idealist to believe that the struggle to live the moral life is worth it. Chris Hedges, The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress — Amy Friedman

People souldn't be allowed to decide that they wished to remain a hostage — Ann Patchett

He says I am from there, I am from here, but I am neither there nor here. I have two names which meet and part ... I have two languages, but I have long forgotten - which is the language of my dreams — Mahmoud Darwish

How soon will we accept this opportunity to be fully alive before we die? (88) — Stephen Levine

when you start telling a man he's got to do this, that or the other thing, you're coming pretty damned close to infringing on a citizen's rights. — Grace Metalious

I have a problem with anger. I have a bad temper. I have trouble controlling it, and when I lose my temper I can be very destructive. — Sylvain Reynard

What did one do around here?
Nothing. Wait for summer to end.
What did one do in the winter, then?
I smiled at the answer I was about to give. He got the gist and said, 'Don't tell me: wait for summer to come, right? — Andre Aciman

Her skirt it swayed as the guitar played
her mouth it was watery and yet ... — Bob Dylan