"For though ours is a godless age, it is the very opposite of irreligious. The true believer is everywhere on the march, and both by converting and antagonizing he is shaping the world in his own image. And whether we are to line up with him or against him, it is well that we should know all we can concerning his nature and potentialities."

-- Eric Hoffer

#Opposites Quotes #Age Quotes #World Quotes

“I do meet people from my act from time to time, They give me a little flicker of worry - 'Have I been unfair?' But I'm usually talking about a greater narrative or a scene. I'm not just destroying them personally, The Cheryl Cole bit isn't about Cheryl Cole so much as our tendency as a celebrity-consuming culture to put people on a pedestal just for what they look like. It's about us and how quickly we shift in terms of approval or disapproval.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“later down the road of life, i made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.”
“So yes, this is a show about an adolescent girl, her friends, and various vampires. Vampires writing in diaries, vampires attending high school, vampires investigating various mysterious supernatural events, vampires tormenting each other, vampires eavesdropping on each other, and vampires being sarcastic about other vampires' hairstyles. Vampires embracing every possible opportunity to take off their shirts.”
“Strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns to spend their strength In farthest striving action; breathe more free In mighty anguish than in trivial ease.”
“The best theory is inspired by practice.”
“The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong, duty, honor, country, or any of that. It has to do with cutting the right deal.”

Source : "Plum Island". Book by Nelson DeMille, www.bookreporter.com. April 1, 1997.
“We have the know-how in the world to house everyone. We have the resources in the world to house everyone. All that's missing is the WILL to do it.”

Source : Millard Fuller (1995). “Simple Decent Place to Live: The Building Realization of Habitat for Humanity”, p.164, Thomas Nelson Inc
“This world needs more than good works. It needs good news. Good works come out of the good news.”

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