P.J. Sullivan > P.J.'s Quotes

“The American way of life is not sustainable. It doesn’t acknowledge that there is a world beyond America. ”
― Arundhati Roy

“How can you have a war on terrorism when war itself is terrorism?”
― Howard Zinn

“Everyone’s worried about stopping terrorism. Well, there’s really an easy way: Stop participating in it.”
― Noam Chomsky

“Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.”
― Francis Bacon

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.”
― Howard Zinn

“Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. Their attitudes need correction. Once we adopt an upbeat vision of reality, positive things will happen. This belief encourages us to flee from reality when reality does not elicit positive feelings. These specialists in "happiness" have formulated something they call the "Law of Attraction." It argues that we attract those things in life, whether it is money, relationships or employment, which we focus on. Suddenly, abused and battered wives or children, the unemployed, the depressed and mentally ill, the illiterate, the lonely, those grieving for lost loved ones, those crushed by poverty, the terminally ill, those fighting with addictions, those suffering from trauma, those trapped in menial and poorly paid jobs, those whose homes are in foreclosure or who are filing for bankruptcy because they cannot pay their medical bills, are to blame for their negativity. The ideology justifies the cruelty of unfettered capitalism, shifting the blame from the power elite to those they oppress. And many of us have internalized this pernicious message, which in times of difficulty leads to personal despair, passivity and disillusionment.”
― Chris Hedges

“In war, good guys always become bad guys.”
― Howard Zinn

“History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”
― Howard Zinn

“Happiness, as is evident, depends partly upon external circumstances and partly upon oneself.”
― Bertrand Russell

“Armadillos make affectionate pets, if you need affection that much.”
― Will Cuppy

“I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice.”
― Albert Camus

“Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours.”
― Yogi Berra, When You Come to a Fork in the Road, Take It!: Inspiration and Wisdom from One of Baseball's Greatest Heroes

“The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker.”
― Richard Armour

“You are free to choose your own way of life, but you are not free to choose the results. ”
― Herbert M. Shelton, Getting Well

“I've never met anyone who wanted to be a terrorist. They are desperate people.”
― John Perkins

“You will know your vocation by the joy that it brings you. You will know. You will know when it's right.”
― Dorothy Day

“You can take course after course of so-called theology and never hear the message at the heart of Christianity—the message of Jesus, which is indiscriminate love.”
― Eileen Egan

“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.”
― Garrison Keillor

“All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people.”
― Will Cuppy

“It is people who are important, not the masses.”
― Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist – A Greenwich Village Journalist's Conversion and Commitment to Peace and Justice

“I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did.”
― Yogi Berra

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
― Albert Camus

“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
― Albert Camus

“I do not believe in God and I am not an atheist.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1951-1959

“Peace is the only battle worth waging.”
― Albert Camus

“After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.”
― Albert Camus

“The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion: A Dialogue and Other Essays

“The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them.”
― Francis Bacon, The Essays

“Afghanistan—where empires go to die. ”
― Mike Malloy

“Presidents are selected, not elected.”
― Franklin Delano Roosevelt