Woody Allen Mere Anarchy Quotes & Sayings

It seems the whole works of humankind are backwards. Most are trying to convince, instruct, and purify everyone else - without first purifying themselves. To enlighten others we have to enlighten ourselves. — David Wolfe

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? But to act justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. — Anonymous

I think that G-O-D is like the answer to a formula for creating life. — Debbie Harry

An Armageddon is approaching at the beginning of the third millennium. But it is not the cosmic war and fiery collapse of mankind foretold in sacred scripture. It is the wreckage of the planet by an exuberantly plentiful and ingenious humanity. — E. O. Wilson

We are not victims of our genes, but masters of our fates, able to create lives overflowing with peace, happiness, and love. — Bruce H. Lipton

What did I know about whatever it was that others obviously saw in me? how would I know if I went around with my stomach pressed into the dust of the ground. Truth has no witness? being isn't knowing? If a person doesn't look and doesn't see, does the truth exist anyway? THe truth that doesn't transmit itself even to those who can see. Is that the secret of being a person? — Clarice Lispector

How many times in life have I been advised to "toe the line," to "tone it down," to stop "pushing the envelope"? As a journalist, I had to keep my opinions to myself for 30 years. I thought that, as an artist, I'd have the liberty to express my views. Now I'm told that doing so might hurt my readership.
I'm so idealistic, as I said elsewhere on FB today, that I think people ought to read my books because they're good. Period. — Sherry Jones

What smells so? Has somebody been burning a Rag, or is there a Dead Mule in the Back yard? No, the Man is Smoking a Five-Cent Cigar. — Eugene Field

And the joy of Jerusalem was heard far away. — Anonymous

We go through our careers and things happen to us. Those experiences made me what I am. — Thomas Keller

The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I need a lot of black on my eyes and a little shot of vodka to be brave, because you're beautiful when you relax. — Carine Roitfeld

What is perfection, anyway? It's the death of creativity, that's what I think, while change on the other hand, is the cornerstone of new ideas. God knows I want new ideas and new experiences — Diane Keaton