"Infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice."

-- Robert Green Ingersoll

#Men Quotes #Rights Quotes #Justice Quotes

“It's a good thing that when God created the rainbow he didn't consult a decorator or he would still be picking colors.”
“Cross Creek belongs to the wind and the rain, to the sun and the seasons, to the cosmic secrecy of seed, and beyond all, to time.”
“He says he had to go help someone in a desperate situation. Who, exactly, he refuses to say. He doesnâ€™t know when heâ€™s going to be back, but suggests we put off the wedding for a few days. The rotter! How dare he just zoom off and not tell me where heâ€™s going, or who heâ€™s going to help, or what exactly heâ€™s up to!â€ Yeah, how dare he go out and be all heroic and stuff when you want him here slobbering over your big boobs.”

Source : Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.101, Penguin
“Instead of asking yourself whether you believe or not, ask yourself whether you have, this day, done one thing because He said, Do it! or once abstained because He said, Do not do it! It is simply absurd to say you believe, or even want to believe, in Him, if you do not do anything He tells you.”

Source : George Macdonald (2012). “Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III”, p.212, Simon and Schuster
“I'm not prejudiced about what type of movies I'm in, what form they take or whether they're studio or independent. I just want to make films that are going to be good. The main reason is not to make money, although at some points it's really difficult when you're broke.”
“The identification with the common lot which is the essential idea of Democracy becomes the source and expression of social ethics. It is as though we thirsted to drink at the great wells of human experience, because we knew that a daintier or less potent draught would not carry us to the end of the journey, going forward as we must in the heat and jostle of the crowd.”
“I'm not interested in making what's easy. I'm interested in making what's beautiful.”

Source : Stephanie Perkins (2014). “Lola and the Boy Next Door”, p.47, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre sage D'etre plus sage qu'il ne le faut.]”

Source : "Armide". 1686.

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