Vivienne Pinay Quotes & Sayings

But what is the core of the political? Men killing men on the largest scale in broad daylight and with the greatest serenity. — Leo Strauss

When all of our talk about politics is either technical or strategic, to say nothing of partisan and polarizing, we loosen or sever the human connections on which empathy, accountability, and democracy itself depend. If we cannot talk about politics in the language of the heart - if we cannot be publicly heartbroken, for example, that the wealthiest nation on earth is unable to summon the political will to end childhood hunger at home - how can we create a politics worthy of the human spirit, one that has a chance to serve the common good? — Parker J. Palmer

Among all these stupid pretty women she had such a sense of power, of knowing almost everything better than they did. — Edith Wharton

Be reckless in your intensities. — Perry Brass

I started out when I was about 12, playing drums. I started singing when I was about 15. — Layne Staley

Just as man's pride wishes to insert human actions and merits into the gospel, so that we can boast, at least a bit, in our own accomplishments (thus denying the sufficiency of God's grace), so too man seeks to enthrone his own thoughts and authority in place of the ultimate authority of God's Word so as to allow man to control God's truth. This is the basis of every false teaching, every error the church has ever faced or ever will face. — James R. White

Money solves nothing but it eases everything. — Santa Montefiore

Another secret we carry is that though drab outside - wreckage to the eye, mirrors a mortification - inside we flame with a wild life that is almost incommunicable. — Florida Scott-Maxwell

Each week, I post a video about some 'Pigeon of Discontent' raised by a reader. Because, as much as we try to find the 'Bluebird of Happiness,' we're also plagued by those small but pesky 'Pigeons of Discontent.' — Gretchen Rubin

A lot of musicians aren't proud; they'll do other work, just to be able to play music. I guess that's the way it's always going to be - musicians will have to suffer to a certain degree in order to obtain their outlet. — Chico Hamilton

I ask myself, who do i trust? Then i answered, No-one — Donwayne

The human impulse behind the isolation of class is as basic as impulses get: People like to be around other people who understand them and to whom they can talk. — Charles Murray

Whoever wants me to talk, I'll come over and tell them about the necessity of preserving the Everglades. — Marjory Stoneman Douglas

Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories. — Siri Hustvedt

I'm going to kick you in the head when I get home. Repeatedly. — Ilona Andrews