Wingspread Conference Quotes

#1. We live in such constant nearness to the abyss of past time that the moment is endlessly sucked into.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

#2. I always tell my students that Malcolm X came both to his spirituality and to his consciousness as a thinker when he had solitude to read. Unfortunately, tragically, like so many young black males, that solitude only came in prison.

Bell Hooks

#3. On your birthday thank your parents and celebrate with them. They are the reason you are here and it is their day too.

Robert Cheeke

#4. I've always feel like it's been my place to offer an alternative.

DJ Shadow

#5. Alyssa, you've been given a chance at two lives and two loves. That is nothing short of a miracle. Cherish the gift for what it is. I shall see you soon, in Wonderland.

A.G. Howard

#6. When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.

Faith Hill

#7. Science is nothing more than a neverending search for the truth.

Ann Druyan

#8. I think you always have to go as an artist with instinct, I really do.

Carla Gugino

#9. But even if governments adjust their policies to a more individualistic age, the on-demand economy clearly imposes more risk on individuals. People will have to master multiple skills if they are to survive in such a world - and keep those skills up to date.

Anonymous

#10. Those religions that are oppressive to women are also against democracy, human rights, and freedom of expression.

Taslima Nasrin

#11. We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.

Mother Teresa

#12. I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.

Catherine Deneuve

#13. It is, of course, a trifle, but there is nothing so important as trifles.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#14. You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

Hillary Clinton

#15. Iceland, though it lies so far to the north that it is partly within the Arctic Circle, is, like Norway, Scotland, and Ireland, affected by the Gulf Stream, so that considerable portions of it are quite habitable.

Harry Johnston