Vuelto In English Quotes & Sayings

On the other hand, Protestantism's shedding away of authority, as evidenced by my mother's proclamation that I needn't go to church or listen to a preacher to achieve salvation, inspires self-reliance - along with a dangerous disregard for expertise. So the impulse that leads to democracy can also be the downside of democracy - namely, a suspicion of people who know what they are talking about. It's why in U.S. presidential elections the American people will elect a wisecracking good ol'boy who's fun in a malt shop instead of a serious thinker who actually knows some of the pompous, brainy stuff that might actually get fewer people laid off or killed. — Sarah Vowell

He kissed the cord running between her shoulder and neck, his teeth grazing the skin. Clamping her thighs together, she struggled to breathe through the wave of desire. Biology dictated the amount of time it took for women to become aroused, nearly twice that of men, but in a single moment, he'd disproved that theory. — Nichole Severn

The historical mission of our times is to re-invent the human - at the species level, with critical reflection, within the community of life-systems, in a time-developmental context, by means of story and shared dream experience. — Thomas Berry

David Levi is a teacher as well as a chef, and, like most teachers, he loves to talk. — Kate Christensen

I never liked bananas much anyway. Two-thirds of the way down even one banana I am willing to concede defeat smilingly and give the rest to the nearest monkey. — Robert Benchley

The true hero trains himself in silence. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

I feel that no good leader can let the masses go unfed — Kiera Cass

So many of the conscious and unconscious ways men and women treat each other have to do with romantic and sexual fantasies that are deeply ingrained not just in society but in literature.The women's movement may manage to clean up the mess in society, but I don't know if it can clean up the mess in our minds. — Nora Ephron

Kill the body and the head will die. — Hunter S. Thompson

I stand for truth. Truth will never ally itself with falsehood. Even if all the world should be against me, Truth must prevail in the end. — Swami Vivekananda

There is no knowledge so hard to acquire as the knowledge of how to live this life well and naturally. — Michel De Montaigne

If young children boo me, that makes my day. — Tom Felton

If God were not to test us, there would be no patience. — John Calvin