Vicitimization Quotes & Sayings

I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing. — Eddie Murphy

I wonder, among all the tangles of this mortal coil, which one contains tighter knots to undo, and consequently suggests more tugging, and pain, and diversified elements of misery, than the marriage tie. — Edith Wharton

Why would that cause him to pack up his bolt, chord, and sphere, and hurry to Ecba, of all places? — Neal Stephenson

Just in ratio as knowledge increases, faith diminishes. — Thomas Carlyle

Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew fourengines bombers during World War II. He was in B17 Flying Fortresses out of England, they say. His cautious, conservative approach to every situation and the complexity of the plays he sends in do seem to reflect the philosophy of a pilot trained to doggedly press on according to plans laid down before takeoff. I sometimes wonder how the Cowboys would have fared all this years had Tom flown fighters in combat situations which dictated continuously changing tactics. — Len Morgan

Senator Rand Paul reflected on Mitt Romney's potential 2016 campaign and said, 'It's sort of what Einstein said, that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.' When someone told him Einstein didn't actually say that, he said, 'In the words of Gandhi, 'My bad.' — Jimmy Fallon

The more desperate you are to reach heaven, the deeper you descend into hell. — Sarah Brownlee

Scholars tell us that there was no word in ancient Latin or Greek for "self" as it is understood in contemporary usage. — James Carroll

I found that in a perverse way our culture and parents are far more comfortable talking about girls' vicitimization than girls' sexual agency. — Peggy Orenstein

Since critics found it hard to defeat him on intellectual grounds, they stooped to personal attacks. — Ron Chernow

Give me five minutes with a person's checkbook, and I will tell you where their heart is. — Billy Graham

I don't gossip about myself. — Kirsten Dunst

Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description. — George Grey

Suddenly she was all too aware how different she was. A woman among all these man. A natural from a humble background among rich young men chosen from powerful families. A beginner among the well trained. — Trudi Canavan

Apart from the representational content of an idea there is another component: its force and vivacity, its impetus. — David Hume