Mwenda Mbijiwe Quotes

#1. We used to be so proud that our country offered far more economic opportunities than the feudal system in Great Britain, with its royal family, princesses and dukes. But social mobility in the UK is higher than in the US. Our social rift is as big as it was in the 1920s.

Robert Reich

#2. Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash.

Michael Moore

#3. The trick to being smart is knowing when to play dumb.

V. Alexander

#4. 11:47, positively crack-of-dawn for me.

Gayle Forman

#5. It occurred to him that his scarcely perceptible attempts to struggle against what was considered good by the most highly placed people, those scarcely noticeable impulses which he had immediately suppressed, might have been the real thing, and all the rest false.

Leo Tolstoy

#6. A history of literature, unlike history as such, ought to list only victories, for its defeats are no victory for anyone.

Julien Gracq

#7. Because we [people] have an intellect, part of what we do is try to understand the "intelligent design." Everything we don't know is "intelligent design." Everything we do know is science.

George Lucas

#8. I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered.

Christian Louboutin

#9. Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.

Julius Sterling Morton

#10. If we bring together the right people, communities can flourish and wildlife can survive alongside them.

Jochen Zeitz

#11. If you miss one moment of enjoying your own life and relationships because you're trying to punish someone else, the bad guy wins.

Amy Dickinson

#12. I wish.
I wish.
I wish. And nothing ever comes true.

Krista Ritchie

#13. Being angry is like picking up a knife with no handle: it is self-harming.

Koo Stark

#14. I announced to my mother one day when I was 8 that I wanted to be a serious actress.

Meredith Salenger

#15. It's not the sort of night for bed, anyhow.

Kenneth Grahame