Quotes for All
I was like, Who the hell is Bob Dylan? I was going to learn one song to appease my mom and alphabetically the first song in the book was Absolutely Sweet Marie. When I heard it, it was like Oh, there is something going on here. It’s not like my parents’ boring music that I … Read more
I have a theory that no child ever does outgrow its ungratified legitimate desires; though subsequent maturity may bring him to the point where his original desire has reached such astounding proportions that the original object can no longer possibly appease it. Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices – just recognize them. Edward R. Murrow
If you wait for opportunities to occur, you will be one of the crowd. Edward de Bono
I tell Thee that man is tormented by no greater anxiety than to find someone quickly to whom he can hand over that gift of freedom with which the ill-fated creatures is born. But only one who can appease their conscience can take over their freedom […] Instead of taking men’s freedom from them, Thou … Read more
Atheism: It seeks to replace in itself the moral power of religion, in order to appease the spiritual thirst of parched humanity and save it; not by Christ, but by force. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anyone who can appease a man’s conscience can take his freedom away from him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history’s clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis that appeasement but begets new and bloodier war. It points to no single instance where this end has justified that means, where appeasement has led to more than a sham peace. … Read more
The early evangelists recognized they could help the Jesus story make sense if Jesus was seen as someone who was chosen to appease the wrath of God – hence, the ‘anointed one’ who could do what no one else could do. Doug Pagitt
They will do more whether we do what we’re doing or whether we don’t do what we’re doing. And the idea that you could appease them [terrorists] by stopping doing what we’re doing or some implication that by doing what we’re doing we’re inciting them to attack us is just utter nonsense. It’s just – … Read more