Thin Nhat Hanh Quotes

#1. I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

Naguib Mahfouz

#2. There is Harlan Ellison the human being, who takes a crap a couple of times a day, and who farts, and who eats chicken croquettes, if I can find them. And then there is the writer, this writer-person, who is a much finer person than I. Much more orderly, much more meaningful. Worthier, than I [am].

Harlan Ellison

#3. That's what painting does; it organizes vision in a certain way or suggests that certain things be paid attention to and certain other things not be paid attention to. It functions in that way to a certain extent in our civilization.

Jasper Johns

#4. I believe that we're going to find out that America made a lot of mistakes diplomatically, economically, militarily, intel-wise. But, I also think we're going to find out the U.S. has done a lot of good things too.

John McCain

#5. I'd love to create my own stuff. I've always written stuff, but it would be nice to have my hand a little deeper in the clay, so to speak.

Reece Thompson

#6. What a hard thing it is to write of love! Easy enough to describe the burning brand of lust, or yearning of infatuation, that yearning that can never be assuaged. But love! There is only the word, and the knowing it.

Carolly Erickson

#7. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

#8. Henry Denton: You Brits really don't have a sense of humor do you?
Elsie: We do if something's funny, sir.

Julian Fellowes

#9. How most consumers collect and interpret health information has changed.

James Heywood

#10. No women does anything by accident. Brushing against you, trying to pass by you, bending over to pick something up...all traps man. All traps.

Van Krishna

#11. Faith is a creative force. When we operate by faith, we employ the creative power of God.

Phil Pringle