Provisionally Dismissed Quotes

#1. A person who holds strong convictions might appear inflexible, impolite, or exceptionally obtuse, when they are merely direct.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#2. I wouldnt mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera as a ponderous anachronism, almost the equivalent of smoking.

Frank Lloyd Wright

#3. I must try, however, as best I can, although I am very conscious of the fact that our feelings and strivings are often contradictory and obscure and that they cannot be expressed in easy and simple formulas.

Albert Einstein

#4. You know, you're a feminist." It was not a compliment. I could tell from his tone - the same tone with which a person would say, "You're a supporter of terrorism.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#5. To get a hug from your dad makes you feel safer than just about anything in the world, and in his arms, you don't have to be brave or strong or selfless. You're daddy's little girl again, and just knowing he's there makes everything a little better, even if it doesn't really change anything.

Kristan Higgins

#6. Walk with those seeking truth ... RUN FROM THOSE WHO THINK THEY'VE FOUND IT.

Deepak Chopra

#7. Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.

Alfred North Whitehead

#8. Miracles cannot be explained, that is their miraculous nature.

May Sarton

#9. The popular notion that an increase in the stock of money is socially and economically beneficial and desirable is one of the great fallacies of our time.

Hans F. Sennholz

#10. There's always something to eat, if you're hungry enough.

Terry Pratchett

#11. All I can be is me- whoever that is.

Bob Dylan