Amicably Def Quotes

#1. Peace is a certain resistance to the terrible satisfactions of war. It's a commitment to living with a certain kind of vulnerability to others and susceptibility to being wounded that actually gives our individual lives meaning.

Judith Butler

#2. Afghanistan does have an air force: It has two C-130s. I saw one of them. It was nice, a gift from the United States. But two planes don't even make a Caribbean charter airline, let alone an air force for a country at war.

Richard Engel

#3. I like to walk in the woods and see what Mother Nature is wearing.

Flannery O'Connor

#4. Without memories we wouldn't know who we are, how we once were, who we'd like to be in the memorable future. We are the sum of our memories.

Diane Ackerman

#5. Many people think that it is the function of a spiritual teaching to provide answers to life's biggest questions,
but actually, the opposite is true.
The primary task of any good spiritual teaching is not to
answer your questions, but to question your answers.

Adyashanti

#6. Wherever you see persecution, there is more than a probability that truth lies on the persecuted side.

Hugh Latimer

#7. I think Mike Gibbons was probably the greatest boxer that ever put a glove on. They called him The Wizard, The Phantom of the ring and he was that. I boxed with Mike about ten years and I never really hit him a hard punch during the time. Repeating again, Mike was one of the great boxers of the age.

Tommy Gibbons

#8. So many things
I know about myself
I've learned from others.
Without someone else to listen,
to judge,
to tell me what to do,
and choose
who I am,
do I get to decide for myself?

Caroline Starr Rose

#9. The Romans weren't trying to kill all the Jews, but they did destroy Jewish resistance to Roman rule. Jerusalem was turned into a Roman army camp, and it was a total devastation.

Elaine Pagels

#10. I am worth the effort of creating a blissful life. I choose to care for myself like a treasured lover. I love myself.

Amy Leigh Mercree

#11. Plants respond far better to moderate but consistent care than they do to occasional bouts of heroic intervention.

Martha Stewart

#12. I'm not running, I'm not planning on running, and I've got nothing new on that story.

Mitt Romney