Ukases Quotes

#1. Reality is not protected or defended by laws, proclamations, ukases, cannons and armadas. Reality is that which is sprouting all the time out of death and disintegration.

Henry Miller

#2. There were no terrorists in Iraq. There's never been an Iraqi terrorist.

Jodie Evans

#3. I'm the most unromantic lump of Northern suet. Yes, a woman did accost me once in South Shields, but she had a face like Red Rum.

Les Dawson

#4. Don't let death, Jacob reproves himself, be your final thought.

David Mitchell

#5. God has a hard-on for a Marine because we kill everything we see. He plays His game, we play ours.

Stanley Kubrick

#6. As I turned to leave, I looked down. Beside my foot, a sprout of greenery was clawing its way through the pristine nothingness to begin anew. It was later that I realized my haven had sent me a message, and it had shown me that nothing is ever completely lost, unless you cease searching.

J.D. Stroube

#7. All the time in the world may sound nice in theory, but in practice it can become a swift kick to the balls. CHAPTER 7 Harper's is the local convenience store around here, only it's nothing like the Wawas and 7-Elevens I frequented when I lived in the Philadelphia area.

Matthew Quick

#8. While sight may deceive you, touch rarely does.

Ann Aguirre

#9. As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.

Peggy McIntosh

#10. Sorrow is an opportunity to appreciate happiness.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#11. Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins.

Peter Tork

#12. Truth is beauty; beauty truth and that is all you need to know

John Keats