Quotes About Tearing Down Walls

#1. Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?'
A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!

J.R.R. Tolkien

#2. It hadn't shocked the old woman, not much. She had got past being shocked early in life.

Sherwood Anderson

#3. War will of itself discover and lay open the hidden and rankling wounds of the victorious party.

Tacitus

#4. Justice is not a flexible tool. Unless we all do our part to ensure that justice is applied equally to all human beings, we are a party to its abuse. We must stand together to protect the rights of others.

Leonard Peltier

#5. The nice thing about really intelligent people is that when you talk with them they make you feel intelligent too ...

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#6. A return to Childhood will rid the Evils of Adulthood

Jason Duncan

#7. I wanted to pull the thread, unravel the scarf of my silence and start again from the beginning.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#8. quiet courage. "It's not the courage that allows you to run into a burning building. It's the kind that allows you to accept the unacceptable, bear the unbearable, keep going.

Laura M. MacDonald

#9. Even though we all know the facts, it's hard to resist the lure of a tan.

Jane Krakowski

#10. Ah, there are no children nowadays.

Moliere

#11. I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'

Quincy Jones

#12. We are, all of us, nothing but impostors to our cause, because the cause we espouse is nothing more than the blind we raise to hide our own ambitions.

Steven Erikson

#13. Why not? For your information I'm hoping it doesn't last more than a month or two myself.?
His words stung as sharply as a slap across the face.
Maybe by that time you'll be miserable enough to be willing to marry me-

Debbie Macomber

#14. Actually, Ma, he's going to drive by slowly enough for me to dive through the open passenger window like Wonder Woman.

D.M. Annechino

#15. ...our stories are who we are, where we begin. They connect us, tearing down walls and shattering isolation. For story is where hope begins.

Cindee Snider Re

#16. Human lifespan used to be 30 years, 25 years. But there's no basic, fundamental reason why it has to be short.

Craig Venter

#17. Called her a whore and attacked her walls, tearing down her posters and throwing her books everywhere. I found out because some whitegirl ran up and said, Excuse me, but your stupid roommate is going insane, and I had to bolt upstairs and put him in a headlock.

Junot Diaz