"[To the heckler who said, 'If you were my wife I'd poison you':] No, you wouldn't. I'd do it myself."

-- Emmeline Pankhurst

#Speaking Up Quotes #Wife Quotes #Poison Quotes

“Even though this is late in an election year, there is no way we can go forward except together and no way anybody can win except by serving the people's urgent needs. We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.”

Source : Address Upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency, delivered 9 August 1974 East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.
“Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.”
“I admire addicts. In a world where everybody is waiting for some blind, random disaster or some sudden disease, the addict has the comfort of knowing what will most likely wait for him down the road. He's taken some control over his ultimate fate, and his addiction keeps the cause of his death from being a total surprise.”
“One of the greatest satisfactions one can ever have, comes from the knowledge that he can do some one thing superlatively well.”
“I love theaters. I love the event of going there and seeing a movie with a lot of people. I like the community coming around the story.”
“The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.”

Source : "Interview with State Department Policy Planning Director Mitchell Reiss". Interview with Paul Kerr and Miles Pomper, www.armscontrol.org. April 9, 2004.
“I think I have told you, but if I have not, you must have understood, that a man who has a vision is not able to use the power of it until after he has performed the vision on earth for the people to see.”
“If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp.”

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