Quotes of: Des-moines Keyword

The second fundamental feature of culture is that all culture has an element of striving.

Johan Huizinga

I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to me.

John Hodgman

What would I put in a museum? Probably a museum! That's an amusing relic of our past.

John Hodgman

Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.

Jack Kornfield

Buddhism talks about the possibility of transforming greed, hatred, and delusion. But sometimes need turns into greed.

Jack Kornfield

I encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers.

Jonathan Kozol

We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals.

Jonathan Kozol

It is a commonplace by now to say that the urban school systems of America contain a higher percentage of Negro children each year.

Jonathan Kozol

We do not realize what we have on Earth until we leave it.

Jim Lovell

Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

John George Nicolay

Men gossip for just as long and about the same subjects as women, but tend to talk more about themselves.

Kate Fox

Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.

Herbert Croly

I would say that a good shoe is exactly like a good wine. These shoes are going to stay and last for a long time.

Christian Louboutin

The notion of time bothers me. You look at thirty-year-old photographs and realize how the time has passed.

Christian Lacroix

I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

Donatella Versace

My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.

Hugh Shelton

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time.

James Bovard

Many things happened in the sixties, but the period is no more significant, better, or more 'political' than today. It's time to turn the page.

Jerry Saltz

If feminism wasn't powerful, if feminism wasn't influential, people wouldn't spend so much time putting it down.

Jessica Valenti

Between 'Avengers,' 'JLA/Avengers,' and 'Trinity,' I've gotten down and dirty in the big universes and had a hell of a time playing in those sandboxes.

Kurt Busiek

I've seen so many screw-ups of representations of South Africa, and it makes me so angry every time.

Lauren Beukes