A Quotes
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“Anyone who still wants to experience fairytales these days can’t afford to dither when it comes to using their brains.”
“Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird," or even "crazy."”
Source: Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More
“Anyone who studies declassified documents soon becomes aware that government secrecy is largely an effort to protect policy makers from scrutiny by citizens, not to protect the country from enemies.”
“Anyone who studies our poisonous drugs, our denatured food, our deathtrap automobiles and houses, our lung-rotting cities, must concede that we accept a good deal of murder as inevitable simply because it is done to make or save money.”
“Anyone who studies the contemporary phenomenon of global warming, or who fears the insidious impact that the smartphone is having on our lives, or who remembers that there are enough nuclear warheads on enough intercontinental ballistic missiles to destroy human civilization with some ease, understands that modern technology threatens, indeed is likely, to overwhelm us.”
“Anyone who studies the energy predicament understands its connection with the operations of capital - and by this I do not mean capitalism as an ideology, I mean the behavior of acquired wealth and its deployment for productive purpose. (A lot of educated idiots don't understand this, and we waste a lot of time blathering about capitalism.)”
“ANYONE who studies the history of ideas should notice how much more often people on the political left, more so than others, denigrate and demonize those who disagree with them - instead of answering their arguments.”
“Anyone who studies this evidence with an open mind understands that there was a coup in America in 1963, and that the plot was cleverly designed in an attempt to blame the assassination of President Kennedy on both Fidel Castro’s Cuba, and the Soviet Union, at the same time.”
Source: JFK’s War with the National Security Establishment: Why Kennedy Was Assassinated
“Anyone who suggests that coming back from suicidal despair is a straightforward journey has never taken it.”
Source: Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide
“Anyone who suggests that there is a perfect symbiosis between the farmers' interest and the animals' is probably trying to sell you something (and it's not made of tofu)”
Source: Eating Animals
“Anyone who supported Bernie Sanders who thinks we should raise the minimum wage, who thinks that we should have universal health care coverage, who thinks that the wealthy have not paid their fair share, and I could go on and on, would certainly not find that Donald Trump's views are in line with theirs.”
“Anyone who supports terrorism, anyone who sees terrorism as a legitimate means, anyone who uses terrorism to cause the death of innocent people is a terrorist in my eyes.”
“Anyone who supposed that when Margaret Thatcher left Number Ten she was going to take a Trappist vow did not know that formidable politician.”
“Anyone who survives a southern childhood has enough material to last a lifetime.”
“Anyone who swims in a choppy sea thinks the waves are grappling with him; get out of the sea, look, the sea is still the same, because the sea lives its own life, it has nothing to do with you!”
“Anyone who symbolizes himself a hater in anything
deserves no love at all”
“Anyone who takes a hit for Adrian Ivashkov deserves some credit.”
Source: Bloodlines
“Anyone who takes a seat in the Bundestag does so within a Europeanized constitutional framework.”
“Anyone who takes drugs should be hammered.”
“Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.”
“Anyone who takes his faith seriously and speaks in behalf of Christ and His kingdom will be accused of fanaticism at some point.”
“Anyone who takes it upon himself, on his private authority, to break a bad law, thereby authorizes everyone else to break the good ones.”
“Anyone who takes on my sister," he had postured once, all puffed-out bravado, "will have to deal with ...my sister." And then he'd dived behind her and cowered.”
Source: Dreams of Gods & Monsters
“Anyone who takes opioids on a regular basis will become dependent upon them, meaning they will have to taper off gradually to avoid withdrawal symptoms. But very few chronic pain patients exhibit the compulsive drug-seeking behaviors of someone who is addicted.”
“Anyone who takes responsibility for getting something done is welcome to ask for the authority to do it.”
“Anyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. Jesus spent most of his time relieving it. But when being healed becomes the only goal - 'I'm not letting go until I get what I want' - it's a problem.”
“Anyone who takes the time to be kind is beautiful."
from: "The Beauty of Ugh"”
Source: I am not Frazzle!: And other stories for grown-ups
“Anyone who takes your time is a thief. Protect your time, it's what makes up your life.”
“Anyone who talks hatefully about themselves or others is not in the right place to offer the world advice.”
“Anyone who teaches knows that you don't really experience a text until you've taught it, in loving detail, with an intelligent and responsive class.”
Source: Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
“Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.”
“Anyone who tells a lie has not pure heart, and cannot make good soup.”
“Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.”
“Anyone who tells you life has greater value when it comes with an expiration date is full of shit. Immortality is worth the fortunes of galaxies.”
She regarded him too intently. “But it’s not worth everything. You gave it up for your freedom.”
His forced bravado faltered. That truth still petrified him today. “I did.”
Source: Relativity
“Anyone who tells you money can't buy happiness never had any.”
“Anyone who tells you money is evil is probably trying to exploit you.”
“Anyone who tells you size doesn't matter has been seeing too many small knives.”
Source: Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter collection 6-10
“Anyone who tells you that American seniors are not either going to have their services cut or we're going to have to pay more is...lying about it.”
“Anyone who tells you that electricity is harmless is incompetent in the field of biologically harmful radiation exposures.”
“Anyone who tells you that it is better to have loved and lost that to never loved at all has never done both.”
“Anyone who tells you that one political party has a monopoly on the best defense of our nation is committing a fraud on the American people.”
“Anyone who tells you that they know, they just know what happens when you die, I promise you, you dont. How can I be so sure? Because I dont know and you do not possess mental powers that I do not.”
“anyone who tells
you the fairytale isn’t real
just hasn’t found it yet,
or they settled for less, but that’s
their story, not yours.
let yourself believe in your fairytale.”
“Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.”
“Anyone who tells you they got into rock'n'roll for reasons other than girls, fame and money is full of s***.”
“Anyone who tells you they know the future is telling you the most grotesque lie, because none of us do.”
“Anyone who tells you they only drink wine old enough to have been bottled by their grandfather is an insecure snob who has never had the sublime pleasure of a box of wine at a barbecue.”
Source: The Temptation of Eden
“Anyone who tells you they're not nervous playing on the CMAs stage, I'm afraid they're not telling you the whole story.”
“Anyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan.”
“Anyone who thinks Christmas doesn't last all year just doesn't have a Mastercard.”