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“I'm often asked why I make such a "big deal" about choosing conservative Christians, Messianic Jews, or Orthodox Jews for neighbors. The plain truth is that in a societal collapse there will be a veritable vacuum of law enforcement. In such times, with a few exceptions, it will only be the God fearing that will continue to be law abiding. Choose your neighborhood wisely.”
James Wesley Rawles (born 1960) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter "Re: Religious Versus Non-Religious Neighbors, Post-TEOTWAWKI" (20 September 2005), Surivalblog
“My father often told me, “It is better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it.” I urge readers to use less than lethal means when safe and practicable, but at times there is not a satisfactory substitute for well-aimed lead going down range at high velocity.”
James Wesley Rawles (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The foundational morality of the civilized world is best summarized in the Ten Commandments. Moral relativism and secular humanism are slippery slopes. The terminal moraine at the base of these slopes is a rubble pile consisting of either despotism and pillage, or anarchy and the depths of depravity. I believe that it takes both faith and friends to survive perilous times.”
James Wesley Rawles (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I get vaccinated five to six times a day and I feel great!!”
Bob Saget (1956–2022) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 31 July 2021
“Jerry Springer: Please meet GG Allin. GG has been arrested more than 52 times in over 12 states for the nudity, obscenity and violence that are part of his music performances. He says the fans love the thrill of coming to his show knowing that their lives are in danger.”
GG Allin (1956–1993) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: GG Allin on The Jerry Springer Show, May 5. 1993. Documentary watched March 1, 2010.
“In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.”
Ben Harper (born 1969) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As I have said a thousand times, no manipulation can put stocks down and keep them down.”
Edwin Lefèvre (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is permitted to modern philosophy, all swollen up with Bacon's venom, to repeat to us to satiety, to disgust, to nausea, that we make God similar to man; we will reply as many times that is not quite the same thing to say that a man resembles his portrait or that his portrait resembles him.”
Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821) said by 1821 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our people, small in numbers, have fought during their whole existence. [The British] have fought too, but the wars of our two people have been of different characters. Our country has been invaded many times, but we have always fought the enemies, we have driven them out and we have never mixed blood with them...”
Enver Hoxha (1908–1985) said by 1985 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“During the Cold War, a division arose between Western and Communist countries. The countries that had just become independent after colonial times had to be kept on friendly terms. That is why Belgium offered development aid to those countries. The government also supported the work of the missionaries who were active in Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, among others.”
Mark Eyskens (born 1933) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“But the most important of all is the spiritual patrimony, because it alone bears the seal of eternity, it alone transcends all times. The ancient Greeks are with us today not because of their physiques, no matter how athletic--those are only ashes now--nor because of their material wealth, if they had such, but because of their culture.”
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899–1938) said by 1938 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is not the evil itself which is horrifying about our times—it is the way we not only tolerate evil, but have made a cult of positively worshipping weakness, depravity, rottenness and evil itself. It is not the death rattle in the throat of Western civilization which is surprising; it is the fact that millions of Americans believe that the death rattle is a beautiful song!”
George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears.”
Charles Seymour Robinson (1829–1899) said by 1899 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I thought I was in love A couple of times before With the girl next door. But that was long before I met you. Now I'm sure that I won't forget you. And I thank my lucky stars That you are who you are. And not just another lovely lady Sent down to break my heart.”
James Taylor (born 1948) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I was a kid, I was into The New York Jets. And then I got into girls as I got older, and then I got back into the Jets because I'd realized there's times when the girl won't f**k you, but the Jets will always f**k you.”
Artie Lange (born 1967) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I define sustainable history as a durable progressive trajectory in which the quality of life on this planet or other planets is premised on the guarantee of human dignity for all at all times and under all circumstances.”
Nayef Al-Rodhan (born 1959) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many times in history, people have voted our people they didn't want and ended up with people they didn't need. But let me assure you that you have not voted out one bad government only to end up with another.”
Bukola Saraki (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Take care never to speak what you have not weighed and pondered beforehand; nor interject your own words on the spur of the moment and in the midst of another’s; for you must listen and converse in turn, with set times for speech and for silence.”
Clement of Alexandria (150–215) said by 215 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If we want to be governed by someone we wouldn't do a business deal with because their background is so shady, if we're willing to do that, then that's in conflict with who I think we are. And so I think it's necessary at those times to take a stand.”
Stanley A. McChrystal (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He that always waits upon God is ready whenever He calls. Neglect not to set your accounts even; he is a happy man who to lives as that death at all times may find him at leisure to die.”
Owen Feltham (1602–1668) said by 1668 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In times of political confusion, and under an arbitrary government, many will prefer to keep their capital inactive, concealed, and unproductive, either of profit or gratification, rather than run the risk of its display. This latter evil is never felt under a good government.”
Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832) said by 1832 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Christianity depends finally on consciousness and experience. From other departments of the mind she may retire at times or seem to, but never from this. Sitting here, if allowed to, on the throne of the soul, she occasionally walks into the other rooms and sets them in order; and accustomed lo her presence, sooner or later the soul finds every department flooded with her light.”
Erastus Otis Haven (1820–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 134.
“The trees that whisper in the evening Carried away by a moonlight shadow Sing a song of sorrow and grieving Carried away by a moonlight shadow All she saw was a silhouette of a gun Far away on the other side He was shot six times by a man on the run And she couldn't find how to push trough I stay, I pray, see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, see you in heaven one day...”
Mike Oldfield (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hands, touchin' hands, Reachin' out, touchin' me, touchin' you. Sweet Caroline. Good times never seemed so good. I've been inclined To believe they never would. But now I, look at the night And it don't seem so lonely. We fill it up with only two.”
Neil Diamond (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And here's to the songs we used to sing; And here's to the times we used to know. It's hard to hold them in our arms again, But hard to let them go.”
Neil Diamond (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I would much rather sit, dimmed by inattention, and study the atmosphere and the silence and dance between people, but often times I’m not offered this privilege. The necessity for isolation, and the striving for attention is the only contradiction I find in being a writer and an actress.”
Masiela Lusha (born 1985) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Because it’s not that women are more peaceful. Women are more thoughtful. So in solving conflict, most times the conversation is primarily around militarism, power and all of those things. And women are the ones who come to the table with conversations about reopening hospitals and schools and providing food and shelter and safety zone for the vast majority of the people.”
Leymah Gbowee (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Most times I look at these women and I tell myself, if they, with all of the challenges in their lives, are not giving up, who am I to give up? That thought alone is all of the energy booster that I need to keep going because I recognise that I’m a part of a community of women who are moving in spite of their circumstances. I too have to keep moving.”
Leymah Gbowee (born 1972) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On where she finds the energy to carry on with her work for peace and women’s rights. Nobel Peace Prize 2011
“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) said by 1969 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or, How to Survive Public Service (2001) by Kenneth H. Ashworth, p. 11
“We have been through this biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) first seen 1967 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remarks in the Senate on a resolution to amend Senate Rule 22 (cloture), Congressional Record (January 11, 1967), vol. 113, p. 182
“An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.”
Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is an assumption brought forth countless of times in various contexts that the world would be better, drifting slower towards the ruin, if women had the "power"; if political leadership, decision making, government and economic life was in the hands of women. I think reality, the observation material, supports the assumption.”
Pentti Linkola (1932–2020) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Women As The Protectors Of Life II (1996)
“The US is the most wretchedly villainous state of all times. Anyone aware of global issues can easily imagine how vast the hatred for the United States - a corrupted, swollen, paralysing and suffocating political entity - must be across the Third World - and among the thinking minority of the West too.”
Pentti Linkola (1932–2020) said by 2020 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There were times when his life had seemed to him like one prolonged act of sleepwalking.”
Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Times like this, with the wind moving the grass and curling around her like a huge cool hand, Tess felt the world as a second presence, as another person, as if the wind and the grass had voices of their own and she could hear them talking.”
Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A thunderous boo is one thousand times stronger, nobler, and more powerful than a standing ovation. Admiration corrupts.”
Nelson Rodrigues (1912–1980) said by 1980 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No magical alarm sounded, though I did hit my head five times on a pebble†.”
Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Some of the most productive times in the histories of nations have been when they were badly stressed — economically, politically, culturally or socially. It's possible to be stressed to a point that more creativity is stimulated than would otherwise be the case. I think it is true that necessity is the mother of invention.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.”
Françoise Sagan (1935–2004) said by 2004 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Try this: say the words "global, global, global" aloud several times, as fast as you can. You'll find yourself sounding like a turkey ("gobble, gobble, gobble").”
Jim Stanford (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Revolutionaries, believe in the people and rely on them at all times and you shall always emerge victorious; if you are forsaken by them, you will always fail. Let this be your maxim in your life and struggle.”
Kim Il-sung (1912–1994) said by 1994 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Through long-term and persistent hard work, China has successfully embarked on a path of human rights development that conforms to the trend of the times and suits its own national conditions.”
Xi Jinping (born 1953) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We tend to think of the problems of globalization and cultural identity as peculiar to our times. In fact they are rooted in ancient problems of civic belonging.”
Mark Kingwell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sometimes it feels like God backs away from you when you hit hard times, but that’s not true. (see Psalm 34:18)”
James MacDonald (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Too many times we’re looking for ways to get around deep waters and dangerous fires, rather than through them. Has this ever been your experience?”
James MacDonald (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh rainy day woman, I've never seem to see you for the good times or the sunshine. You have been a friend of mine, rainy day woman.”
Waylon Jennings (1937–2002) first seen 1974 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rainy Day Woman, from The Ramblin' Man (1974).
“Yes, you’re right, I did kill her, I do remember. With a gun. She disrespected me.” He nodded. “One does what one has to do—I don’t blame myself. I was always true to my own conscience.” The last sentences had a rote sound, as if he’d said them many times. “Your conscience? You were always true to your, your narcissism.”
Tim Powers (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God is absolute. He is one Supreme Being, formless, yet he can have a form. He is omnipresent" (Giri, 2011). Giri, Kalyani. Jan 17, 2011. Building Bridges Between World Cultures. The Times of India .”
Swami Nikhilanand first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In 2011, Swami Nikhilanand was one of a number of high profile leaders of Hinduism and Judaism who participated in the First Hindu-Jewish Solidarity Day in Houston. The above statement was made by Swami Nikhilanand in t…
“'Departure' [also the title of a famous triptych painting of Max Beckmann], yes departure from the illusion of life toward the essential things that wait behind appearance.. .We must insist that Departure is not bound to a political trend, but is symbolic for all times.”
Max Beckmann (1884–1950) first seen 1938 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In a letter to his art dealer Curt Valentin, Amsterdam, 11 February 1938; as quoted in Max Beckmann – On my Painting in the preface, Mayen Beckmann; Tate Publishing London, 2003
“America is a democracy and has no Hitler, but I am afraid for her future; there are hard times ahead for the American people, troubles will be coming from within and without. America cannot smile away their Negro problem nor Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are cosmic laws.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) said by 1955 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source