Quotes of: Political-act Keyword

It was a costly triumph. But God’s values are not so easily reckoned. If God had simply terminated Satan, then it would not have been so clear that God is both stronger and infinitely more to be desired than Satan. God wills for his glory to shine ...

Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ

The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope. Beyond a certain frequency need knows absolutely no limit or control. In the words of total need: "Wouldn't you?" Yes you would. You would lie, cheat, i...

Naked Lunch

None of the things I have mentioned can make a foolish man wise or a bad book good. But when they are properly used they remind us that the act of reading is an act of confidence, and almost of conspiracy, between one human being and another. That co...

The Meanings of Modern Art

In the case of Tunisia, it was indeed this single act that sparked what had been long-standing active protest movements and moved them forward. But that's not so unusual. Let's look at our own history. Take the civil rights movement. There had been p...

Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire

At every single moment, the whole creation is beginning again, stretching the tent of the present moment to bursting. And the waves that push up through the oceans, and the waves that push up through the stars; and the waves that push upwards through...

The Pavilion - Acting Edition

Thus if we know a child has had sufficient opportunity to observe and acquire a behavioral sequence, and we know he is physically capable of performing the act but does not do so, then it is reasonable to assume that it is motivation which is lacking...

Two Worlds of Childhood: U. S. & U. S. S. R.

The radicals assumed that acting was more important than speaking. Talking and writing books, Winstanley insisted, is 'all nothing and must die; for action is the life of all, and if thou dost not act, thou dost nothing.' It is a thought worth ponder...

The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution

Have I said anything I started out to say about being good? God, I don’t know. A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help. But if half an hour before, you spent just ten minutes with the fellow and knew a little about him and his fam...

Ray Bradbury

There is a lie that acts like a virus within the mind of humanity. And that lie is, ‘There’s not enough good to go around. There’s lack and there’s limitation and there’s just not enough.’ The truth is that there’s more than enough good...

Michael Beckwith

When a traveler from the future must talk, he does not talk but whimpers. He whispers tortured sounds. He is agonized. For if he makes the slightest alteration in anything, he may destroy the future. At the same time, he is forced to witness events w...

Alan Lightman

Magnus deeply disliked people who were early to business meetings. It was just as bad as being late, since it put everyone out, and even worse, people who were early always acted terribly superior about their bad timekeeping skills. They acted as tho...

What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything

Johnny: Do you want me to lie? Sarah: You're the only actor in the world who can't lie, Johnny. Even for the sake of your kids. Johnny: What does that mean? Sarah: If you can't touch somebody you created, how can you create somebody that'll touch any...

In America

Honestly, I cannot understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of the human will. I have a feeling, for instance, that I will something or other; but what relation this has with freedom I cannot understand at all. I feel that I will ...

Albert Einstein

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surp...

Anne Lamott

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

Chapterhouse: Dune

Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

Counterfeit Lies

I wasn't entirely sure, but a polite John Pritkin might be a sign of the apocalypse.

Embrace the Night

Seek respect, not attention. It lasts longer.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

Dream big, but stay humble.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

The longer you fight, the stronger you become.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics

The future belongs to those who innovate.

Economic Warfare: Secrets of Wealth Creation in the Age of Welfare Politics