"There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully."

-- Lisa Kleypas

#Bully Quotes #Bigger Quotes

“Great men show politeness in a particular way; a smile suffices to assure you that you are welcome, and keep about their avocations as if you were a member of the family.”

Source : John James Audubon (1873). “The Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist”, p.169
“For years I've been hearing 20-somethings say they don't expect Social Security to be around when they hit 65. Eventually, I came to realize that they really mean that they just don't expect to be 65. Or 40. Neither did I, when I was 22.”

Source : "The Fiscal Riff". Interview with David Brooks, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. January 2, 2013.
“Peace in patriarchy is war against women.”

Source : Maria Mies (1998). “Patriarchy and Accumulation On A World Scale: Women in the International Division of Labour”, p.26, Palgrave Macmillan
“Ruins are ideal: the perceiver's attitudes count so heavily that one is tempted to say ruins are a way of seeing.”
“A genuine invention in the realm of ideas must first emerge as an abstruse and even partial concept? At first blusha new idea appearstobe verycloseto insanity because to be new it must reverse important basic beliefs and assumptions which, in turn, have been institutionalized and are administered by one or another kind of priesthood with a vested interest in an old idea.”
“The Church has always advised against birth control and that is the only position the Church can take in view of our beliefs with respect to the eternity of the marriage covenant and the purpose of this divine relationship.”
“Never feel this bad again. Never come back to this place, where only a knife will do. Live a gentle and kind life. Don't do things that make you want to hurt yourself.”
“Earthly pride is like the passing flower, that springs to fall, and blossoms but to die.”

Source : Henry Kirke White (1834). “The Life and Remains of Henry Kirke White, Etc”, p.95

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