Who Quotes

A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.

It only stands to reason that where there's sacrifice, there's someone collecting the sacrificial offerings. Where there's service, there is someone being served. The man who speaks to you of sacrifice is speaking of slaves and masters, and intends to be the master.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public.

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them instructions and care for them. Thus doubled agents are recruited and used.

Not all who wander are lost.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.

How can any man be weak who dares to be at all?

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?