Ascham Park Quotes

#1. For people of color - especially African Americans - the idea that racist cops might frame members of their community is no abstract notion, let alone an exercise in irrational conspiracy theorizing. Rather, it speaks to a social reality about which blacks are acutely aware.

Tim Wise

#2. God inclines to shower His graces upon us, but our perverted will is a barrier to His generosity.

Ignatius Of Loyola

#3. Better to dangle from strings than to be bound tight by them,

Orson Scott Card

#4. If you are a writer/director, the [movie] characters are a part of yourself.

Juan Diego Solanas

#5. Man reacts upon and toward the external universe in three ways, namely, by his active nature ; by his intellectual nature ; by his moral nature - that is, he acts upon it, thinks about it, and feels toward it.

Richard Maurice Bucke

#6. Getting ready: the show girl scratches her breast and shakes out her feathers.

Mason Cooley

#7. For me personally and for most other Americans, this commitment to peace and diplomacy does not imply a blind or total pacifism. There are times when war is justified, and for many centuries the moral criteria for violence have been carefully delineated.

Jimmy Carter

#8. In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.

Michael Graves

#9. It is my disposition to maintain peace until its condition shall be made less tolerable than that of war itself.

Thomas Jefferson

#10. As women, we understand our bodies, and there's a blossoming that occurs. We're hungry for gourmet meals instead of the fast food. We bring to life a more expansive understanding of life, ourselves, and others. We are more generous and assertive.

Sharon Stone

#11. Why do people want to know what I think? I like to play the game. I don't like to give opinions.

Manny Ramirez

#12. I'll be pleased when I'm dead. That will let me off worrying about all these wars.

Doris Lessing