PandemicSoul Quotelog

I am a deeply superficial person.

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word ’safe’ that I wasn’t previously aware of.

I hate the outdoors. To me the outdoors is where the car is.

The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass.

Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

(via Neatorama)

Good manners are said to be the lubricant of social interaction. Saying “please” shows you respect someone, and saying “thank you” tells them you appreciate them.

(from I will change your life . com)

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

If fifty million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.

(via Vagabox Burn)

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

(via Vagabox Burn)

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

On escaping from slavery.
(via Vagabox Burn)

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

(via Vagabox Burn)

A tyrant is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

(via Vagabox Burn)