Confered Quotes

#1. If individuals do not occupy their legitimate position, then it will be occupied by a god or a king or a coalition of interest groups. If citizens do not exercise the powers confered by their legitimacy, others will do so.
(I - The Great Leap Backwards)

John Ralston Saul

#2. In England, philosophers are honoured, respected; they rise to public offices, they are buried with the kings ... In France warrants are issued against them, they are persecuted, pelted with pastoral letters: Do we see that England is any the worse for it?

John Dewey

#3. What is the real relation between happiness and goodness? It is only within a few generations that men have found courage to say that there is none.

William Graham Sumner

#4. We are suggesting a new kind of opulence, of intelligent indulgence over blind gluttony.

Naeem Khan

#5. It's cool that I'm 20 and am on the cover of the video game. A lot of kids play hockey, and a few get drafted, and only a few get to be on the cover. It's a great feeling.

Patrick Kane

#6. The drinking of coffee is an absolute sin! Our Glorious Prophet did not partake of coffee because he knew it dulled the intellect, caused ulcers, hernia and sterility; he understood that coffee was nothing but the Devil's ruse.

Orhan Pamuk

#7. The Constitution was framed in order to form a more perfect union, not to establish mass confusion.

Byron Goines

#8. There are three words I like to repeat to myself: glass half full. Just to remind myself to be grateful for everything I have.

Goldie Hawn

#9. Coconut oil contains the most concentrated natural source of medium-chain fatty acids (MCFA) available. Substituting coconut oil for other vegetable oils in your diet will help promote weight loss.

Bruce Fife

#10. I started blogging as a hobby, not really thinking anyone would read my site, just my friends.

Perez Hilton

#11. Some couples are married because they fell in love. Some are married because the woman fell pregnant.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana

#12. In retrospect, I think I had some kind of learning disorder. I could kind of charm my way through grade school, but in high school ... I could never seem to grasp things.

Dave Cooper

#13. When we allow ourselves to feel what we are feeling-without trying to understand it, explain it, or judge it-we reach a point where the true wisdom reveals itself.

Michael Eisen

#14. My god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured being.

Heber C. Kimball

#15. Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence.

Ezra Taft Benson

#16. Seeing Grandma this way, it makes me know for certain that everything about a person will show up in another person in the family.

Heidi W. Durrow