Ironized Petrified Quotes

#1. This is because the caress is not a simple stroking; it is a shaping.

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

#2. Men are sex machines, said Aunt Lydia, and not much more. They only want one thing. You must learn to manipulate them, for your own good.

Margaret Atwood

#3. We have gaps that are rooted in systemic racism.

Hillary Clinton

#4. The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that force is legitimate only to the degree that it serves defensible poltical goals. Thus implies a constant exercise of due diligence ...

Michael Ignatieff

#5. I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

Edith Cavell

#6. Call it that if you like. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.

Robert A. Heinlein

#7. I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do.

Beth Orton

#8. I even agree that the concept of god helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don't ever forget it. I just think there are better ways to help people lead better lives.

Daniel Dennett