Jessie Mae Hemphill Quotes

#1. A legitimate plurality of positions has yielded to an undifferentiated pluralism, based upon the assumption that all positions are equally valid, which is one of today's most widespread symptoms of the lack of confidence in truth.

Pope John Paul II

#2. Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

Stephen Fry

#3. Any person or system exposed to ceaseless novelty and change risks falling into chaos; but one that is too rigid or static ceases to grow and eventually dies. This never-ending dance between change and stability is like the anchor and the waves.

Esther Perel

#4. If we suspect that a man is lying, we should pretend to believe him; for then he becomes bold and assured, lies more vigorously, and is unmasked.

Arthur Schopenhauer

#5. In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say.

Zoe Kravitz

#6. With the danger of war, there is a danger that the economy will go down.

Franco Modigliani

#7. I've taken my love life into my own hands . . . please don't read too much into that statement.

Robin Alexander

#8. It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much fiscally.

John Cho

#9. Tick wanted power. He wanted glory. He wanted war, with himself in command. He had raised his army

Jeanne DuPrau

#10. I just finished my homework fast, I was bored to death. There wasn't 500 channels so there was a thing for a librarian to teach a kid like me about reading. I started reading early and I read all the time, because I love it.

Harvey Weinstein