quotes about Nothing Makes Sense

“Men was formed for society, and is neither capable of living alone, nor has the courage to do it.”

Source : Sir William Blackstone (1865). “The Student's Blackstone: Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books”, p.2

“I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.”

“no one expects all impediments to be miraculously whisked away. In insisting that others view our lives as ample and precious, we are not demanding that they be made perfect. ... If it is both possible and pleasant for me and my kind to enter, the world will become a livelier place. You'll see.”

Source : Nancy Mairs (2001). “Waist-High In The World: A Life Among the Nondisabled”, p.106, Beacon Press

“I used to spend a lot of time at football training, but that time was later spent in amateur acting classes and my local youth theatre, in plays at school and after-school clubs. That filled the void.”

“As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything.”

“Such is the scale and depth of poverty in many parts of the world that it won't be ended overnight. That is why if, like me, you want to see an end to poverty, you need to be in it for the long haul.”

“Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.”

“A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.”

“We fitted together like the two halves of an oyster-shell. I was Narcissus, embracing the pond in which I was about to drown. However much we had to hide our love, however guarded we had to be about our pleasure, I could not long be miserable about a thing so very sweet. Nor, in my gladness, could I quite believe that anybody would be anything but happy for me if only they knew.”

“Before you went to work this morning in the city, did you spend some time with your family? Did you kiss your wife and tell her that she's pretty?”