Kontranews Quotes

#1. [On yoga] Once you've completed a wonderful class, you get a sense of the deepest, purest part of yourself. You feel like you are connected to everybody else in the world.

Jennifer Beals

#2. I didn't know if he really meant talk, make out, or something else completely, but I'd be happy with any of them.

Jennifer Estep

#3. When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.

Martin Scorsese

#4. To the logician all things should be seen exactly as they are, and to underestimate one's self is as much a departure from truth as to exagerate one's own powers.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#5. A lot of people on Capitol Hill don't want to talk to me.

Michael Moore

#6. Letting yourself be vulnerable isn't always a weakness. Sometimes it can be a conscious decision to draw the other person out.

Penelope Douglas

#7. Take seriously. Make punctual. Be cool and easy. Remember - everything you do, you do for God. And everything God does, He do for you.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#8. The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out. Sure, there's a lot more living to go, but there isn't much doubt that I'll always be the 'Dilbert guy.' Unless I go on a crime spree, in which case I'll be that stabbin Dilbert guy.

Scott Adams

#9. What was the lifespan of these improbable loves? An hour. A week. A few months at best. The end was a natural thing, like the seasons, like getting older, fruit turning. That was the saddest part - there was no one to blame and no way to reverse

Miranda July