Grievable Lives Quotes

#1. To tell the truth, I never think about a homer. I'm just thinking of the situation and what I've got to do when I go to the plate.

Sammy Sosa

#2. I came to New York and in only hours, New York did what it does to people: awakened the possibilities. Hope breaks out.

Philip Roth

#3. The book you don't read won't help

Jim Rohn

#4. The Japanese look most diminutive in European dress. Each garment is a misfit and exaggerates the miserable physique and the national defects of concave chests and bow legs. The lack of 'complexion' and of hair upon the face makes it nearly impossible to judge of the ages of men.

Isabella Bird

#5. Why hast thou made me born in this country, The inhabitant of which is satisfied with being a slave?

Muhammad Iqbal

#6. Thus Gonzo, incendiarist and leader of men.

Nick Harkaway

#7. Scripture is the royal scepter by which King Jesus rules his church

John Stott

#8. I am a reader. Yes, I am that, a reader with nagging back pain.

Rabih Alameddine

#9. I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do.

Louis C.K.

#10. You let us out right now, o r Gabe is going to shoot you with his gun! I mean it! He's got a million guns, and he'll shoot you, then cut you up with a knife!

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#11. Until we learn that other lives are equally grievable and have an equal demand on us to be grieved - especially the ones that we've helped to eliminate - I'm not sure we'll really be on the way to overcoming the problem of dehumanization.

Judith Butler

#12. Marriage is great. It'll calm you down - that and neutering.

Kevin Nealon

#13. Playtime and nature time are important not only for learning but also for health and development.

Tara Parker-Pope