quotes about Conscientious Objectors

“I think we do have a better understanding now of how moral thought and discourse function.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

“Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature.”

“Because America is such a big country, I can understand that if you don't travel you don't really understand what is going on. I get it. I tell myself I know all about America, but I don't; I know L.A. and New York.”

“Ambiguity — the Devil's volleyball.”

“Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place.”

Source : Paul de Man (2013). “Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism”, p.147, Routledge

“All the lyrical rappers I know is broke,”

“I don't have slim children. I have hearty ones.”

Source : "Jessica Capshaw: I Have Hearty Children" by Michael Buckner/WireImage, celebritybabies.people.com. July 31, 2011.

“By its very nature, history is always a one-sided account.”

Source : Dan Brown (2003). “The Da Vinci Code: A Novel”

“It is important to understand that counterproducti ve actions of body, speech and mind do not arise of their own accord, but spring up in dependence on our motivation. Faulty states of mind give rise to faulty actions. To control negative physical and verbal actions, we need to tame our minds.”

“You know, the bigger you get and the more success you have, the more people you can fill your house with to tell you how great you are. You can do that.”