#sid

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. ↗

— Marion Barry

#crime #killings #lowest #outside #rates

The universe doesn't owe us condolence or consolation; it doesn't owe us a nice warm feeling inside. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#feeling #inside #nice #owe #universe

Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ↗

— Saint Patrick

#before #behind #beneath #beside #christ

I can understand where the oil company wants to deduct the cost of drilling a well. That's one of the tax breaks for oil companies - the subsidies - they get to deduct the cost of the well the year you drill. ↗

— Dan Benishek

#companies #company #cost #deduct #drill

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd. ↗

— Annie Besant

#believe #denial #experience #given #limited

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#accompanies #always #arrogance #assume #choice

Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever. ↗

— Stan Brakhage

#forever #novelists #poets #side

There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S. ↗

— James K. Polk

#any #became #before #conception #congress

Using a first-person narrator is simply a matter of hearing the voice inside yourself. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#hearing #inside #matter #narrator #simply

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country. ↗