William Ogburn Quotes & Sayings

And so, in that Greek letter that looks like a shack with a corrugated tin roof, in that elusive, irrational number with which scientists try to understand the universe, I found refuge. — Yann Martel

When you think of the exponential speed and scale of expansion of social media or a service, you have to believe that it is equally possible to rapidly transform the lives of those who have long stood on the margins of hope. — Narendra Modi

Trying to quit smoking I'm out and have decided the best way to quit is to simply not buy them. "I can't" generally means "I choose not to". — Stanley Victor Paskavich

Dimka said angrily: "Why the hell do you risk everything for the sake of an empty protest?" "We live in a brutal tyranny," she said. "We have to do something to keep hope alive." "We — Ken Follett

A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. — Oscar Wilde

Abandon her? If only my duty or my conscience would let me. The galaxy would be better off, if you ask me. Who'd even know we were in the same pod? Except that I would know. And that would be enough. — Amie Kaufman

If he stayed at home and carried on with his normal life he would be a thousand times superior to these people and could get any of them out of his way just with a kick. — Franz Kafka

We show our adoration by going to visit Christ in the tabernacle or exposed in the monstrance. Would it not indeed be a failing in respect to neglect the divine Guest who awaits us? He dwells there, really present, He who was present in the crib, at Nazareth, upon the mountains of Judea, in the supper-room, upon the Cross. It is the same Jesus who said to the Samaritan woman, 'If thou didst know the gift of God!' — Columba Marmion

If these children can survive the depravity inflicted on them by others, then I can certainly endure hearing about it! — Anonymous

Consumer electronics is a challenging one. — Kevin Rollins

There's no Hell to spite the sinners. There's no Heaven for the blessed. God is not what you imagine. — Neil Gaiman

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame. — Jane Pauley

It is a moment that has no meaning. It is as if the tired charade of human life with its great pursuits and history and wounds and deep convictions has collapsed, and the world has been suddenly revealed as a place that has no point, that does not need the hypothesis of meaning to explain its existence. — Manu Joseph

I'm going to become a beat poet and a lesbian! — Benjamin R. Smith