"What Mr. Obama wants in a nominee isn't really 'empathy' and 'understanding.' He wants a liberal, activist Supreme Court justice."

-- Karl Rove

#Justice Quotes #Empathy Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“I never really considered myself attractive, really. I was always kind of gangly in school.”
“In the industry, I got a lot of attention for Mad Men, because everyone in the industry watches it.”
“I've always been into monsters.”
“I donâ€™t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did, my political practice would be different than it is. Have you ever wondered why we [women] are not just in armed combat against you? Itâ€™s not because thereâ€™s a shortage of kitchen knives in this country. It is because we believe in your humanity, against all the evidence.”
“We do not belong to those who only get their thought from books, or at the prompting of books, -- it is our custom to think in the open air, walking, leaping, climbing, or dancing on lonesome mountains by preference, or close to the sea, where even the paths become thoughtful.”
“Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.”

Source : "A Man For All Seasons (Act II)". Play by Robert Bolt based on the life of Sir Thomas More, July 1, 1960.
“The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.”
“A conclusion Iâ€™ve come to at the Idler is that it starts with retreating from work but itâ€™s really about making work into something that isnâ€™t drudgery and slavery, and then work and life can become one thing.”

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