#ian

Christians are supposed not merely to endure change, nor even to profit by it, but to cause it. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

#cause #christians #endure #even #merely

I don’t like dirt, because nothing is dirtier. Except politics.
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— Jarod Kintz

#corruption #dirt #dirty #filthy #funny

For as long as the power of America's diversity is diminished by acts of discrimination and violence against people just because they are black, Hispanic, Asian, Jewish, Muslim or gay, we still must overcome. ↗

— Ron Kind

#against #america #asian #because #black

It appeals to the higher nature of the self to put aside food which once lived - I do not consider myself food, why should I ask all other creatures to consider themselves so? ↗

— Catherynne M. Valente

#omnivore #vegetarian #food

Violence is spiritual junk food, and boredom is spiritual anorexia. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#catholicism #christianity #jesus-shock #philosophy #sloth

How strange it is that the house of these hedonic stalwarts is filled with all the luxuries of life, right from plasma televisions to Swiss bank cheque books. So how will they notice the tonnes of food grains rotting in the northern belt? ↗

— Faraaz Kazi

#food

Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody. ↗

— Billie Jean King

#bisexual #everyone #gay #guarantee #i

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth. ↗

— Michael Kinsley

#tells #truth

Courage: Great Russian word, fit for the songs of our children's children, pure on their tongues, and free. ↗

— Anna Akhmatova

#courage #fit #free #great #our

Musicians own music because music owns them. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#music #musicians #own #owns #them