“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
“Am I weird?"
"Yeah. But so what? Everybody's weird.”
Stephen King book Different Seasons
Source: Different Seasons
Ann Coulter (1961) author, political commentator
2015-06-02
Coulter: Jenner Transgender Behavior a ‘Mental Illness,’ Shouldn’t Be Celebrated
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/06/03/coulter-jenner-transgender-behavior-a-mental-illness-shouldnt-be-celebrated/
2015
“I think everybody should be nice to everybody.”
Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist
Variant: I think everybody should like everybody.
Edward Gorey (1925–2000) American writer, artist, and illustrator
Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
Alain de Botton book The Consolations of Philosophy
Source: The Consolations of Philosophy (2000), Chapter VI, Consolation For Difficulties, p. 228.
Context: To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant.
We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.
Epeli Ganilau (1951) Fijian politician
Father's Day comment, 3 September 2005
John Barrowman (1967) Scottish-American actor, singer, dancer, musical theatre performer, writer and television personality
Fern Britton Meets John Barrowman BBC (2012)