Quotes

Another in our series of interesting, thought-provoking or humorous quotes recently encountered.
It’s unacceptable there’s a loophole allowing paedophile “training manuals”, that’s why I want to protect children by making them illegal.
[David Cameron]
Just think about the logic there for a minute.
In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
[Abraham Maslow]
There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
[Terry Pratchett]
If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.
[Frank Zappa]
As Americans, we live in an insane world, where you can legally carry and conceal a gun, but risk imprisonment should anyone see your genitals.
[From http://writersdisease.blogspot.co.uk/p/naturism.html]
There is nothing inherently sexual about nudity, any more than there is anything inherently literary about a bowl of alphabet soup.
[@nudeisnotrude @ Twitter]
 
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
[Sir Winston Churchill]
Beware anybody selling you food that’s supposed to be healthy, because they don’t make money from your health. They make money by making the product attractive enough that you buy it.
[From https://blogs.plos.org/publichealth/]
This manuscript needs to be encased in concrete and placed in the sea. Above the Mariana Trench.
[Peter Kenney @ Twitter]
Being offended is a choice. A person consciously chooses between feeling outraged about something and simply ignoring it. It’s the difference between trying to force your values on someone else and simply acknowledging that they have different values than you do, even if those values are something you sincerely disagree with
[Larry Darter at http://www.examiner.com/article/no-offense-but]
In a democracy the majority rules and that can produce tyranny of the majority. Tyranny is tyranny whether dispensed by kings or mob rule.
[Larry Darter at http://www.examiner.com/article/no-offense-but]
Why spend time complaining about and being upset by other people who directly affect your life in absolutely no real way whatsoever? Why not accept that people are all different, have different interests and values and move on? If more people did that and spent less time choosing to be offended they would be happier and healthier.
[Larry Darter at http://www.examiner.com/article/no-offense-but]
It’s easy to take off your clothes and have sex. People do it all the time. But opening up your soul to someone, letting them into your spirit, thoughts, fears, future, hopes, dreams … that is being naked.
[Unknown]
Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile & who love you no matter what.
[Unknown]