Watchtower Library Quotes & Sayings

When the world turns its back on you, for God's sake, don't get discouraged. — Veronika Carnaby

There is nothing you can do that profit does not enter into, and fear of loss, and wish for power. You cannot say good morning without knowing which of you is 'superior' to the other, or trying to prove it. You cannot act like a brother to other people, you must manipulate them, or command them, or obey them, or trick them. You cannot touch another person, yet they will not leave you alone. There is no freedom. — Ursula K. Le Guin

I couldn't explain my need to myself, and that's why it was such a beautiful need — Jonathan Safran Foer

You're wrong, you know," Susan said. "She doesn't belong here. I'm against the death penalty. I don't think the state should be in the business of killing people. I think it's wrong. And it's hypocritical. Mostly, I just think it's mean. Gretchen Lowell ? She is the exception. She deserves to die. If we kill one person, one criminal in the history of the world, it should be her." Susan paused, reconsidering. "And Hitler. Her, and Hitler". Prescott had that shrink look on his face again, passive and unimpressed, and yet somehow judgmental at the same time. Susan continued. "She removed a detective's spleen without anesthesia. She stuck a wire through an old woman's eyeball and then threaded it behind her nose and out through the other eye socket and then she stuck the wire into an outlet."
Prescott raised an eyebrow. "And you're arguing that she's sane? — Chelsea Cain

The words "how are you?" can pack a mean punch. — Sarah Colonna

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about? — Harper Lee

Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn't have some redeemable qualities. Even the worst of people, such as Michael Scott in The Office [Carell's character in the US version of the Ricky Gervais sitcom], have some decent human qualities that you can latch onto. — Steve Carell

Somewhere, incredible things are happening. The trick is, not to go out and find where those things are happening, but to go out and make them happen. — Chloe Thurlow

I want to dominate a little more, just be a level beyond everyone else. I expect that from myself. — Andre Iguodala

When you understand yourself, that very day you have understood the whole of humanity. Then nobody can make you miserable ... — Rajneesh