Quotes of: Bush-administration Keyword

In a sexual double standard as to who receives consumer protection, it seems that if what you do is done to women in the name of beauty, you may do what you like. It is illegal to claim that something grows hair, or makes you taller, or restores viri...

The Beauty Myth

His sisters -- my aunts -- did not go to school at all, just like millions of girls in my country. Education had been a great gift for him. He believed that lack of education was the root of all of Pakistan's problems. Ignorance allowed politicians t...

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Some recent work by and , which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation seem to call for ...

Albert Einstein

It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period

The Color Purple

Scott had some sort of power, or force field. In essence, he was like fucking gay guy repellant. Not a single gay guy would come anywhere near me, let alone talk to or hit on me when he was around.

Drifting

There are no hopeless situations, sweetheart, only people who have grown hopeless about them. You still have choices you can make.

The Heart Mender: A Story of Second Chances

Roger and I would squat in the heavily scented shade of the myrtle bushes and watch the array of creatures that passed us; at certain times of the day the branches were as busy as the main street of a town.

Birds, Beasts, and Relatives

There are two things that change your life: either something new comes into your life, or something new comes out of you.

The Charge: Activating the 10 Human Drives That Make You Feel Alive

I'm ephemeral as much as I can be, so I started to think about the idea of not working. It's really about a change of attitude. It's not so much about stopping, but about re-thinking the meaning of one's production.

Rirkrit Tiravanija

I knew from the age of five what I wanted to do. The one thing I could do was draw. I couldn't draw that much better than some of the other kids, but I cared more and I wanted it badly.

Chuck Close

It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how people perceive art because it's too expensive to be interesting or moving. That's when I get bummed out.

Nate Lowman

I always like to be in the presence of people who are good at and love their jobs, Irrespective of their jobs.

Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

If you help them (the crew) create good memories, they'll forget all the bad stuff

Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

There was something very American about this ability to dwell constantly in the realm of the improvable superlative.

Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush

Even without being believed, magic can change things. It moves invisibly through the air, dissolving the usual ways of seeing, allowing new ways to creep in, secretly, quietly, like a stray cat sliding thought the bushes.

Afternoon of the Elves

Life is a constellation, the individual moments in our lives seem so pointless sometimes; but when you look at the whole picture, you can see that those little moments formed memories.

I'm Only Human After All

Politicians were famous for double-speak and were consummate liars. That’s why George W. Bush had to be their favorite president. It’s easier to commit a fraud when the actor believes his lie to the point of a conviction

An Involuntary Spy

People who stop laughing are always the ones who get hurt.

Just Don't Fall: How I Grew Up, Conquered Illness, and Made It Down the Mountain

The organization of supplies, the command of men, anything in any way constructive requires more than intellect; it requires energy and drive and an unrelenting will to serve the cause, regardless of one's personal interests.

The Rommel Papers

You know that old saying about home being where the heart is? I don’t think that refers to your own. It’s the hearts of other people, the ones you love, that makes a home.

Something Like Autumn

When you express "purity" which is the truth about yourself, you feel a love for yourself that is expressed by self-respect, self-esteem, and self-confidence!

Seven Steps to Inner Power