Asseting Quotes

#1. By asseting the creation myth, in which God is a man over ealier creation myths in which God was viewed as a woman, men hoped to prove that the position of supremacy that they had assumed was Divine Law.

Frederick Lenz

#2. Once upon a time there was a Martian named Valentine Michael Smith.

Robert A. Heinlein

#3. My concern is not for the judicial system, but for the reality that the shark fin mafia of Costa Rica has a price on my head, and a Costa Rican prison would provide an excellent opportunity for someone to exercise this lethal contract against me.

Paul Watson

#4. To understand a man is really to be that man.

Otto Weininger

#5. You can beat the drum so hard that people stop listening. I wanted to use my voice wisely and not expend it wastefully.

Bruce Springsteen

#6. It'll be your own torture," he said, serious. "I hope to God it'll torture you to madness.

Anthony Burgess

#7. Those who insist that a Church program exist for every contingency and need are as much in error as their counterparts who demand that government intervene in every aspect of our lives. In both instances the ideal balance is destroyed with a resultant detriment to human progress.

Dean L. Larsen

#8. But of course we must never forget, Mrs. Pither, that there's a better world coming. This life is only a time of trial - just to strengthen us and teach us to be patient, so that we'll be ready for Heaven when the time comes.

George Orwell

#9. My school reports always used to point out that my concentration levels were appalling. I never listened in class because I was always daydreaming about racing. I never thought for a moment about doing anything else. There was no guarantee that I'd make a career in it but I never had any plan B.

Jenson Button

#10. Embrace nothing:
If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha.
If you meet your father, kill your father.
Only live your life as it is,
Not bound to anything.

Gautama Siddharta

#11. John had been a footman nearly all of his adult life. He knew decorum and appropriate behavior for his situation. But when he glanced from one twin to another, he nearly ruined his reputation and self-respect forever with...a smile.

Sarah Brazytis