What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree. Use this quote
When someone lives as a minority, they experience the world differently than those of us who live in the majority. We may occupy the same physical space, but we don't occupy the same psychic space. Use this quote
Literature isn't a moral beauty contest. Its power arises from the authority and audacity with which the impersonation is pulled off; the belief it inspires is what counts. Use this quote
Narcissism and the Confederate dead cannot be connected logically, or even historically; even were the connection an historical fact, they would not stand connected as art, for no one experiences raw history. Use this quote
I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being. Use this quote
I want to make movies that people talk about when they leave the theater, that aren't clear-cut, but effective and fulfilling in some sense. Use this quote
Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. Use this quote
I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep the trees happy - but then my grandfather died, and it was all: retail therapy! Use this quote
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. Use this quote
The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience, do we ever reach a plane of detachment regarding our parents, however wise and old we may become. To pretend otherwise is to cheat. Use this quote
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. Use this quote
The beauty of the past belongs to the past. Use this quote
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Use this quote
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent. Use this quote
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality? Use this quote
'Ludacris' is something that I made up. It just kind of describes me. Sometimes I have like a split personality. Sometimes I'm cool, calm, and collected, and other times I'm beyond crazy. Use this quote
Faith is never identical with piety. Use this quote
And I will do everything that I can as long as I am President of the United States to remind the American people that we are one nation under God, and we may call that God different names but we remain one nation. Use this quote
The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory. Use this quote
For example, lead paint in old houses can be a greater threat to children's health than lead that may be under some industrial site where there are no children. Use this quote