Zakken Onder Quotes & Sayings

Most fathers don't show up with hand grenades and bowie knives."
"They should be ashamed of themselves," Jake said. — Janet Evanovich

I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience ...
War is not inevitable, however persistent it is, however long a history it has in human affairs. It does not come out of some instinctive human need. It is manufactured by political leaders, who then must make a tremendous effort
by enticement, by propaganda, by coercion
to mobilize a normally reluctant population to go to war. — Howard Zinn

11If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity — Various

Why do I live in Israel? Because Israel lives in me, as it lives in all Jews. It is who we are. And those of us lucky enough to recognize this truth and embrace it in all its fullness and depth are the luckiest Jews in the world. — Caroline Glick

And in history I found that Christianity, so far from belonging to the Dark Ages, was the one path across the Dark Ages that was not dark. — G.K. Chesterton

As the war on terror continues, Americans must honor the brave men and women who gave their lives for the protection of this nation and the hope of peace. — Dan Lipinski

And sometimes, hope is the only thing that gets us through the day. — Julie Kagawa

We are not far away from the point of no return when it comes to life on earth, and we have some radical choices to make. — Jeff Corwin

He longed for sleep, but it would not immerse him; that night the waters he sought for his repose were deep enough to wade in, but not to swim. — Jhumpa Lahiri

I think that the whole child welfare system has to be totally taken apart and built up again. Have an agency just specifically for those follow-up cases. — Kim Edwards

Was she not forgetting again how strongly she influenced people? — Virginia Woolf

He was, in other words, a careful man with careless impulses. — Dan Simmons

Sometimes, when the material is really good, you put expectations on yourself to make it the best possible show. You're not just serving up the regular hash and doing your job and going home. — Peter Dinklage