Zehenspreizer Quotes & Sayings

The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity. — Richard Lugar

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things. — Thomas Aquinas

I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family. — Carlos Fuentes

In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime. — Desmond Tutu

It was like being drawn slowly from the serene darkness, the way one wakes up when they've been having a lovely dream and their subconscious is struggling to hold them there, just a little while longer. — Marissa Meyer

Science gropes and staggers toward improved understanding. — Carl Sagan

Turn on the lights; I do not want to go home in the dark — John Green

The gay people with whom I am close are some of the strongest, most passionate and caring people I know, and their demands for justice are no less imperative than those of any other community. — Cory Booker

Dorian panted, dropping his head to her shoulder, he
whispered, his voice gruff, "Will you be mine for all eternity? — Amanda J. Greene

Any outside use of military power would at best furnish a temporary respite from the processes that we see playing out. We know that because we have been through all this before. The "surge" of several years ago was supposed to provide space and time for Iraqi political interests to work out their differences. 30,000 additional U.S. troops failed to lead to any working out of those differences, and the outcome is the mess we see today. — Paul R. Pillar