This country owes them all a debt of gratitude. The down payment on that debt is making sure that we live up… — Dave Obey Copy Share Image
I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me, and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Opera was an enormous part of my childhood. My parents were both opera buffs, and they met in the box seat of… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Two things put me in the spirit to give. One is that I have come to think of everyone with whom I… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Throughout our world the cry of the poor so often goes unheard. The prophets harangued Israel and Judah unceasingly about the powerless… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
When I was younger I never drank. I never drank, I never did any weed or drugs or anything because I felt… — Ice T Copy Share Image
The sponsors of war closely resemble the weapons they create. And smart bombs, depleted uranium, land mines, rockets and tanks, rather than… — Daniel Berrigan Copy Share Image
A public domain work is an orphan. No one is responsible for its life. But everyone exploits its use, until that time… — Jack Valenti Copy Share Image
And what an example of the power of dress young Oliver Twist was! Wrapped in the blanket which had hitherto formed his… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Lots of kids in books are only-child orphans, but I think it’s fun to have family as part of the adventure, to… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Do not let Sunday be taken from you. If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
The United States, which has been called the home of the persecuted and the dispossessed, has been since its founding an asylum… — Eileen Simpson Copy Share Image
What sad faces one always sees in the asylums for orphans! It is more fatal to neglect the heart than the head. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
To me, my husband was my son's murderer. He was also my daughter's molester. A parasite nibbling on the Holy Book, he… — Tehmina Durrani Copy Share Image
Perhaps you have heard about the college executives who were discussing what they wanted to do after retirement age. One hoped to… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
It is very seldom that any one is in prison for an ordinary crime unless early in life he entered a path… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Chris Christie who proposes accepting Syrian refugee orphans under the age of 5 because they may not be vetted well enough. You… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The thief who is in prison is not necessarily more dishonest than his fellows at large, but mostly one who, through ignorance… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Perhaps there are those who are able to go about their lives unfettered by such concerns. But for those like us, our… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
Just because something's damaged doesn't mean it shouldn't be treated with respect.' 'Ad,' Wallace said, 'it's a coffee table, not an orphan. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
In Orphan Train, Christina Baker Kline seamlessly knits together the past and present of two women, one young and one old. Kline… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later. — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
