Famous Quotes & Sayings

Barbara Jordan

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

Barbara Kingsolver

So one time when I was working in this motel one of the toilets leaked and I had to replace the flapper ball. Here's what it said on the package; I kept it till I knew it by heart: 'Please Note. Parts are included for all installations, but no installation requires all of the parts.' That's kind of my philosophy about men. I don't think there's an installation out there that could use all my parts.

Baruch Spinoza

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

Baruch Spinoza

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.

Augustine Birrell

History is a pageant and not a philosophy.

Ayelet Waldman

Those of us whose parenting style can be described as "a series of reflexes, instincts, and minute-by-minute adjustments," as Julie of A Little Pregnant puts it, rather than as a philosophy, are less invested in our own practices. What we do is often less a matter of conviction than one of convenience. What we need to remember is that there is no need to apologize for that, even in the face of the most red-faced outrage.

Ayn Rand

The men who are not interested in philosophy need it most urgently; they are most helplessly in its power.

Ayn Rand

Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

Ayn Rand

Rationality is the recognition of the fact that nothing can alter the truth and nothing can take precedence over that act of perceiving it.

Ayn Rand

Abortion is a moral right-which should be left to the sole discretion of the woman involved; morally, nothing other than her wish in the matter is to be considered. Who can conceivably have the right to dictate to her what disposition she is to make of the functions of her body?

Caroline Fredrickson

Today, more than ever, we cannot take our right to reproductive freedom for granted. Anti-choice forces are moving full steam ahead to not only take away a woman's right to choose an abortion but to limit access to birth control and other important reproductive health care.

Elizabeth Murray

The ordinance violates her constitutional rights because it prohibits her from engaging in peaceful free speech as she has done for over 15 years on public property outside abortion clinics.

Ann Coulter

In the druidical religion of liberalism, not separating your recyclables is a sin, but abortion is just a medical procedure.

Tammy Bruce

With every kind of birth control available in the world, abortion is not something to be proud of. If you need an abortion, you've failed.

Norma McCorvey

Instead of helping women in Roe v. Wade, I brought destruction to me & millions of women.

Hillary Clinton

[The Republicans] all want to see women's rights eroded and for abortion to become illegal again.

Chrissy Teigen

We also need to make sure women can be in charge of their reproductive health. We can't defund places like Planned Parenthood, where women can go for all kinds of healthcare services. While reproductive rights span much further than the pro-life/pro-choice debate, [Donald] Trump has actually said he wants to "punish" women for having abortions. And [Mike] Pence is quite possibly the most anti-choice vice presidential candidate in history.

George W. Bush

I do not like abortions. I will do everything in my power to restrict abortion.

Baruch Spinoza

In the state of nature, wrong-doing is impossible ; or, if anyone does wrong, it is to himself, not to another.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Troubles impending always seem worse than troubles surmounted, but this does not prove that they really are.

Benjamin Britten

Music does not excite until it is performed.

Carl Yastrzemski

You never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen there... and often does.

Jane Yolen

Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Brennan Manning

I am wonderfully content with a God who does not deal with me as my sins deserve.

Blaise Pascal

Everything that is incomprehensible does not cease to exist.

Blaise Pascal

When one does not love too much, one does not love enough.

Blaise Pascal

I rather live as if God exists to find out that He doesn't than live as if he doesn't exist to find out He does.