"The greatest threat to women (and by extension humanity) is the growth and acceptance of a misogynistic, authoritarian, and violent culture of militarism."

-- Amina Mama

#Acceptance Quotes #Humanity Quotes #Growth Quotes

“Evil and faults are corrected by good, by love, kindness, meekness, humility, and patience.”
“Being in Portland is cool. I have some good friends here and the general feeling might be a little more welcoming.”
“Lovers of freedom, lovers of social justice, disarmers, peacekeepers, civil disobeyers, democrats, civil-rights activists, and defenders of the environment are legions in a single multiform cause, and they will gain strength by knowing it, taking encouragement from it, and when appropriate and opportune, pooling their efforts.”

Source : Jonathan Schell (2005). “The Unconquerable World: Power, Nonviolence, and the Will of the People”
“Ive done a lot of shows that didnt do well. You have to go in with a 50-50 take on it. If it goes well, fantastic. Hope for the best and plan for the worst.”
“One must, however, not just work hard. One must work smart. As the saying goes, the efficient person gets the job done right; the effective person gets the right job done.”
“God wills, man dreams, the work is born.”
“The scientist has to take 95 per cent of his subject on trust. He has to because he can't possibly do all the experiments, therefore he has to take on trust the experiments all his colleagues and predecessors have done. Whereas a mathematician doesn't have to take anything on trust. Any theorem that's proved, he doesn't believe it, really, until he goes through the proof himself, and therefore he knows his whole subject from scratch. He's absolutely 100 per cent certain of it. And that gives him an extraordinary conviction of certainty, and an arrogance that scientists don't have.”
“Whenever they say it canâ€™t be done, remind them that they make a jellybean that tastes exactly like popcorn.”

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