"We may have all come on different ships, but we are all in the same boat now."
--Martin Luther King , Jr.
“Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and when he dies only the five senses that we know perish with him, and the other ninety-five remain alive.”
— Anton Chekhov
From The Cherry Orchard
Then again, perhaps the conqueror worm has the final say.
The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
- William Arthur Ward
“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
― Howard Nemerov
“Making love to me is amazing. Wait, I meant: making love, to me, is amazing. The absence of two little commas nearly transformed me into a sex god.
”
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo
“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.”
― Isaac Newton
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
--Martin Luther King Jr.
(Talking about the English writer)
Shakespeare, this harmful tree.
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy.
“Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter. ”
― Stephen King, Duma Key
"I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget [...] I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even."
--Sue Grafton, V is for Vengeance
@Lustig Andrei,
That really speaks to me at the moment, Andy!
...but as another quote said: Revenge is a dish best served cold!
@CalamityJane,
Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.
- Charlotte Bronte
@vonny,
Charlotte had no idea, vonny !
@CalamityJane,
Women do most delight in revenge.
- Sir Thomas Browne
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
― Maya Angelou
"While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
--Eugene Debs
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― Jodi Picoult
“Imagine the people who believe such things and who are not ashamed to ignore, totally, all the patient findings of thinking minds through all the centuries since the Bible was written. And it is these ignorant people, the most uneducated, the most unimaginative, the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all; who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us; who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.”
― Isaac Asimov, The Roving Mind
