Steenblock Iowa Quotes

#1. It's up to you, not fate. True. But it was also up to Lily. That was the trickiest part.

David Levithan

#2. A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.

Joseph Addison

#3. I'm not a peak oil person. I'm not a biohazard apocalyptic kind of freak. I don't have a supply of weapons or gold bars under my house.

Tim Hecker

#4. We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for training central American forces, but the primary motivation for doing that was to be able to bolster the quality, improve the quality of the El Salvadoran fighting forces.

John Negroponte

#5. I have no desire ... to preach a high-minded and merely edifying version of love

Allan Bloom

#6. Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone.

Ovid

#7. The kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.

Seneca The Younger

#8. Alexander of Whitby taught that the universe is like a tapestry only parts of which are visible to us at a time. After we are dead, we will see the whole and then it will be clear to us how the different parts relate to each other.

Susanna Clarke

#9. Those who aren't caught up into this bigotry, this hatred, those who respect us when they see us. Then you have an obligation also, the good ones. To make sure you say to the others, that this blue wall of silence must come down and that everybody must be treated equally.

Kweisi Mfume

#10. Trees and children are, of all living things, those whose growth soonest makes one feel one's age ...

Mary Russell Mitford

#11. Why are we designed to see the world as supremely beautiful just as we're about to be snuffed? Do rabbits feel the same as the fox teeth bite down on their necks? Is it mercy?

Margaret Atwood

#12. I'm not just influenced by the '60s - it's who I am. I grew up with Allen Ginsberg and Che Guevara. I flirted with various forms of communism when it was way out of style. It was this really strange and creative time in music and culture, and it was fabulous.

Thom Mayne

#13. God opens doors for you, but do not expect Him to walk through them for you. He delivered the Israelites from Egypt, but they were still required to walk to the Promised Land. They did not need to pray for a miracle, the miracle was in their feet.

Matshona Dhliwayo