Sampson Mordan Quotes

#1. The rise of man from the animal to the human level was prolonged by the necessity of rising from a state of barbarism and violence to one of order and peace.

Leon Bourgeois

#2. Wouldst thou wisely, and with pleasure,
Pass the days of life's short measure,
From the slow one counsel take,
But a tool of him ne'er make;
Ne'er as friend the swift one know,
Nor the constant one as foe.

Friedrich Schiller

#3. I think feminist pedagogy should not simply expose students to a particularized academic scholarship but that it should also envision the possibility of activism and struggle outside the academy.

Chandra Talpade Mohanty

#4. No matter what the role, you're trying to do the impossible - make a living in show business.

Peter Gallagher

#5. It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.

John Forsythe

#6. We need help from above if we are to make progress in our journeys.

Anasazi Foundation

#7. Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself.

Shirin Ebadi

#8. As a songwriter, oddly enough, my influences were people like Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, and Buddy Holly. Some psychedelic stuff, too.

Ric Ocasek

#9. It was once rumored that fledgling executives walked around their offices backwards so they wouldn't have to face an issue.

Fred Allen

#10. If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.

Masaru Emoto

#11. Meaning, yes
I don't really exist except on the page or in the back of your brain. But if you think it's weird a fictional character's telling this story, you ain't seen what happened, yet.

Kyle Michel Sullivan

#12. It is never too late to learn to love. But it is frightening.

Jeanette Winterson

#13. She wanted to be acknowledged, her predicament given its value.

Doris Lessing

#14. Books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside them.

Cornelia Funke